frindle2
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Hello. Would you please tell me what the underlined part means?
They are from <Hop Frog> by Edgar Allan Poe. I'm confused. Thank you.
The jesters should be able to tell jokes even when they saw the crumbs that fell from the royal table.
or
The jesters should be able to tell jokes in return for the crumbs that fell from the royal table.
or
The jesters should be able to tell jokes at any moment even to get the crumbs that fell from the royal table.
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At the date of my narrative, professing jesters had not altogether gone out of fashion at court.
Several of the great continental 'powers' still retain their 'fools,' who wore motley, with caps and bells,
and who were expected to be always ready with sharp witticisms, at a moment's notice,
in consideration of the crumbs that fell from the royal table.
They are from <Hop Frog> by Edgar Allan Poe. I'm confused. Thank you.
The jesters should be able to tell jokes even when they saw the crumbs that fell from the royal table.
or
The jesters should be able to tell jokes in return for the crumbs that fell from the royal table.
or
The jesters should be able to tell jokes at any moment even to get the crumbs that fell from the royal table.
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At the date of my narrative, professing jesters had not altogether gone out of fashion at court.
Several of the great continental 'powers' still retain their 'fools,' who wore motley, with caps and bells,
and who were expected to be always ready with sharp witticisms, at a moment's notice,
in consideration of the crumbs that fell from the royal table.