The duke never said nothing for a little bit; then he says:

     "Well, I don't care if I DID, I didn't DO it, anyway. But you not only had it in mind to do it, but you DONE it."

     "I wisht I never die if I done it, duke, and that's honest. I won't say I warn't goin' to do it, because I WAS; but you--I mean somebody--got in ahead o' me."

     "It's a lie! You done it, and you got to SAY you done it, or--"

     The king began to gurgle, and then he gasps out:

     "'Nough!--I OWN UP!"

     I was very glad to hear him say that; it made me feel much more easier than what I was feeling before. So the duke took his hands off and says: