"Pray bring it in at once," said the queen.
What fun Dick's cat had killing the rats and mice in the king's palace!
"We must buy that little animal," said the queen. "I do not care how much she may cost."
The captain could hardly carry all the jewels and gold that the king gave him for the cat.
Then the ship with Dick's money came back to London, and the captain told the story to Mr. Fitzwarren.
"We must take these jewels and all this gold at once to Mr. Whittington," said the honest man. "He is no longer a poor boy, for this has made him rich."
They found Dick in the kitchen blacking the stove.
"Come with me at once into the parlor," said Mr. Fitzwarren.