Well, next they got out a couple of long swords that the duke made out of oak laths, and begun to practice the sword fight⁠—the duke called himself Richard III ; and the way they laid on and pranced around the raft was grand to see. But by and by the king tripped and fell overboard, and after that they took a rest, and had a talk about all kinds of adventures they’d had in other times along the river.

After dinner the duke says:

“Well, Capet, we’ll want to make this a first-class show, you know, so I guess we’ll add a little more to it. We want a little something to answer encores with, anyway.”

“What’s onkores, Bilgewater?”

The duke told him, and then says:

“I’ll answer by doing the Highland fling or the sailor’s hornpipe; and you⁠—well, let me see⁠—oh, I’ve got it⁠—you can do Hamlet’s soliloquy.”