The Princess told him everything, weeping bitterly again at the thought that it was by the King’s orders that she had been thrown overboard.įrom the night of the first performance, it was as if I were split in two: half of me continuing on with Mr. He begged that she would tell him all her history, as she might safely trust him. The old man saw that Rosette must be some great lady, for her bed coverings were all of satin and gold. There the old man lighted a fire of straw, and then drew from an old box his wife’s dress and shoes, which the Princess put on, and thus roughly clad looked as charming as possible, and Frisk danced his very best to amuse her. Rosette and Frisk were joyful enough to find themselves once more on dry land, and the Princess thanked the old man heartily then, wrapping herself up in her blankets, she daintily picked her way up to the cottage on her little bare feet. Then he waded into the water up to his chin, and after being nearly drowned once or twice he at last succeeded in getting hold of the Princess’s bed and dragging it on shore. Fado meia noite When he heard her cry out so piteously he was very sorry for her, and ran back into his house to fetch a long boat-hook.
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