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Literary
June 12, 1810
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A nobleman gives his undervalued servant a valuable cane to pass to a greater fool. Years later, visiting his dying master unprepared for death, the servant returns the cane, declaring the master's ultimate folly in making no provision for the afterlife.
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The Nobleman and his Servant.
A Nobleman who had a very valuable cane, called his servant to him one day, who was going to leave him, and presented it to him, bidding him to keep it until he should find a bigger fool than himself to bestow it upon; for the servant was quite underrated. The servant accordingly took the cane, thanked his master, and left him--Some years after this, the servant hearing his master was dangerously sick, went to visit him; but finding him so extremely weak did not dare to speak to him; but stood weeping over him for some time. Presently the gentleman lifted up his eyes, called his servant by name, and loudly exclaimed, Oh, I am going!
Servant. But where are you going?
Master. I am going to another world.
S. To another world! And shall you be back in so many days?
M. No.
S. Will you be back in so many weeks?
M. No.
S. Shall you be back in so many years?
M. No.
S. When shall you be back?
M. Never.
S. Never! And what provision have you made for your journey?
M. None at all!
S. None at all! Here, Sir, said the servant, to you belongs the cane; with all my weakness, never was I guilty of such extreme folly as this!
A Nobleman who had a very valuable cane, called his servant to him one day, who was going to leave him, and presented it to him, bidding him to keep it until he should find a bigger fool than himself to bestow it upon; for the servant was quite underrated. The servant accordingly took the cane, thanked his master, and left him--Some years after this, the servant hearing his master was dangerously sick, went to visit him; but finding him so extremely weak did not dare to speak to him; but stood weeping over him for some time. Presently the gentleman lifted up his eyes, called his servant by name, and loudly exclaimed, Oh, I am going!
Servant. But where are you going?
Master. I am going to another world.
S. To another world! And shall you be back in so many days?
M. No.
S. Will you be back in so many weeks?
M. No.
S. Shall you be back in so many years?
M. No.
S. When shall you be back?
M. Never.
S. Never! And what provision have you made for your journey?
M. None at all!
S. None at all! Here, Sir, said the servant, to you belongs the cane; with all my weakness, never was I guilty of such extreme folly as this!
What sub-type of article is it?
Fable
Dialogue
Prose Fiction
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Death Mortality
What keywords are associated?
Nobleman
Servant
Cane
Deathbed
Folly
Provision
Afterlife
Moral Tale
Literary Details
Title
The Nobleman And His Servant.
Key Lines
Oh, I Am Going!
S. Never! And What Provision Have You Made For Your Journey?
M. None At All!
S. None At All! Here, Sir, Said The Servant, To You Belongs The Cane; With All My Weakness, Never Was I Guilty Of Such Extreme Folly As This!