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of course not ; why do you ask such a dreadful question ? '' `` Because , if you wish to make sure of it , do what you have just said -- go to the king and tell him all . I doubt if he could wait till morning . I believe he would awaken me at midnight to put me to sleep forever -- at the end of a rope or on a block pillow . '' `` Oh ! no ! you are all wrong ; I know what I can do with Henry . ''