Select the correct text in the passage. Which detail best shows Prince Henry's feelings about Poins? PRINCE HENRY: Belike then my appetite was not princely got; for (10) by my troth I do now remember the poor creature, small beer. But, indeed these humble considerations make me out of love with my greatness. What a disgrace is it to me to remember thy name! or to know thy face to -morrow! or to (15) take note how many pair of silk stockings thou hast, viz, these, and those that were thy peach-coloured ones! or to bear the inventory of thy shirts, as, one for superfluity, and another for usel But that the tennis-court-keeper knows better (20) than I; for it is a low ebb of linen with thee when thou keepest not rackel there; as thou has not done a great while

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Select the correct text in the passage. Which detail best shows Prince Henry's feelings about Poins? PRINCE HENRY: Belike then my appetite was not princely got; for (10) by my troth I do now remember the poor creature, small beer. But, indeed these humble considerations make me out of love with my greatness. What a disgrace is it to me to remember thy name! or to know thy face to -morrow! or to (15) take note how many pair of silk stockings thou hast, viz, these, and those that were thy peach-coloured ones! or to bear the inventory of thy shirts, as, one for superfluity, and another for usel But that the tennis-court-keeper knows better (20) than I; for it is a low ebb of linen with thee when thou keepest not rackel there; as thou has not done a great while

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The detail that best shows Prince Henry's feelings about Poins is the series of rhetorical questions from lines 13-18: "What a disgrace is it to me to remember thy name! or to know thy face to -morrow! or to take note how many pair of silk stockings thou hast...or to bear the inventory of thy shirts..." These questions, dripping with sarcasm, reveal Prince Henry's disdain for what he perceives as Poins' lower social standing and frivolous concerns.

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