him into her little house, and there her claughter was sitting by the fire. She received the king just as if she had been expectinghim, and though he saw that she was very beautiful, she didnot please him, and he could not look at her without an in-ward shudder. Nevertheless, he took the maiden… … To face page 198 THE SIX SWANS. 199 soon he was in his royal castle again, where the wedding washeld The king had been married before, and his first wife hadleft seven children, six boys and one girl, whom he lovedbetter than all the world, and as he was afraid the step-mothermight not behave well…
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