ntryman spake to him thus : May itplease your Royal Highness, it is now above fifty years sinceI heard my father, who had heard my grandfather, say thatthere then was in this castle, a Princess, the most beautifulwas ever seen ; that she must sleep there a hundred years,and should be awaked by a… … THE PRINCE ENQUIRES OF THE ACJED COUNTRYMAN 54 THE ^ SLEEPING ^ BEAUTY reserved. The young Prince was all on fire at these words,believing, without a moments doubt, that he could put an endto this rare adventure; and pushed on by love and honourresolved that moment to look into it. Scarce had he…
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