All 6 Uses

oblige
in
The Whipping Boy
(Edited)

Much obliged, Your Royal Awfulness!
p. 4.9

obliged = grateful
Jemmy, who was obliged to be close at hand for the daily lessons, reckoned that freedom was now close at hand.
p. 6.3 *

obliged = required (to do something)
If you'd be kind enough to point us toward the river, I'd be ever so much obliged.
p. 14.7 *

obliged = grateful
He'll be ever so much obliged to know you're safe and hearty.
p. 20.1
So I'll be obliged if you'd help me nip out o' here.
p. 40.1
I'd be obliged if you'd snuff out your candle, sir.
p. 79.2

Definitions:

(1) (oblige as in: I am obliged by law.)
require (obligate) to do something
(2) (oblige as in: I obliged her every request.)
grant a favor to someone
(3) (obliged as in: I'm much obliged for your kindness)
grateful or indebted
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much more rarely, in classic literature you may see oblige as a synonym for ask as when Jules Verne wrote "I obliged the Professor to move his lamp over the walls of the gallery," in Journey to the Center of the Earth.