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"I come——"

"Oh yes—from afar I come
To beg thee, lovelia swun, to share my throne."

And the insufferable Princess Brighteyes replied:

"Nay, thooth, Printh Trueheart, that may never be."

Silence from the Prince.

"Pray, dost thou love——" from Mrs. Plummer.

"Oh yes—Pray does thou love another more than me?"

"Nay, but on me there rethth a cruel thpell.

Draw clother, and the thtory I will tell."

"Heavens!"

"Get out of the way, children!"

"What's happened?"

"One of the children's fainted—Christabel Caine."

"Here—put her here on the sofa——'

"Look out, children!"