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which was all inlaid, had beds of the newest fashion and looking-glasses so long and broad, that they saw themselves from head to foot in them; whilo the little creature herself was forced to sleep up in a sorry ⟨garret⟩ upon a wretched straw bed, without curtains, or ⟨anything⟩ to mako her comfortable.
The poor child boro all this with the greatest patience, not daring to complain to her father, who, she feared would only reprove her, for she saw that his ⟨wife⟩ governed him entirely. When she had dono all her work she used to sit in the chimney corner among the
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cinders; so that in tho house she went by the name of Cinderbroech: the youngest of tho two sisters, however, being rather moro civil than the eldest, called her Cinderella. And Cinderella, dirty and ragged as she was, as ofton happens in such cases, was a thousand times prettier than her sisters, dressed out in all their splendour.
It happened that the king's son gave a ball, to which he invited all the persons of fashion in the country: our two misses wero of the number; for the king's son did not know how disagreeable they wero; but supposed, as they were so much indulged, that they were extremely amiable. He did not invite Cinderella, for ho had never seen or heard of her.
The two sisters began immediately to be very busy in preparing for the happy day; nothing could exceed their joy; every moment of their timo was spent in
