"Pardon me, Your 'Ighness! I once took a couple of his books with me, and I dragged 'em around for three years

"Pardon me, Your 'Ighness! I once took a couple of his books with me, and I dragged 'em around for three years till someone bought 'em for a pittance as kindling. Won't be easy to finding the works of that scribbler. Maybe someone in town has some."