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and information having reached the king's son, that ⟨a⟩ beautiful young lady, evidently some princess, was ⟨in⟩ waiting, he hastened to the door, handed her eut of ⟨the⟩ carriage, and led her into the ball-room.
Cinderella no sooner appeared than every one ⟨was⟩ silent; both the dancing and the music stopped, ⟨and⟩ overy body was employed in gazing at the ⟨uncommon⟩ beauty of this unknown stranger: nothing was ⟨heard⟩ but whispers of "How handsome sho is!" The ⟨king⟩
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himself, old as he was, could not keep his eyes from her, and continually repeated to the queen, that it was a long timo since he had seen so lovely a creature. The ladies endeavoured to find out how her clothes wero mado, that they might get some of tho same pattern for themselves by the next day, should they be lucky enough to meet with such handsome materials, and such good work-people to make them.
The king's son conducted Cinderella to one of the
