Mark TWAIN. The Prince and the pauper (№ 420654)

The same fate - the fate of oblivion - befell his poor mother and sisters. At first, he longed for them greatly and longed to see them, but then one thought that one fine day they might come to him in their dirty rags, betray him with their kisses and push him from a height into the old mud and bitter poverty - one the thought thrilled him. In the end, this memory also ceased to bother his soul.