Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 90
the crimson crestglowed on his helmet as he made answer: Nothing great have I done as yet, fairlady; but I am very proud, for I have kept thetruth; in all my life I have never told a lie ! Why, that is the finest thing in the world ! exclaimed the Princess, who was less used totruth than to poetry.… … THROWING BACK HIS HEAD, HE SANG A SONG OF SUCH POWER AND SWEETNESS THAT THE KINGWEPT WITH DELIGHT, AND THE PRINCESS ALMOST FAINTED WITH JOY. But the Princess only laughed as she said: true-hearted knight in the great hall of the Meet me here to-night as the clock strikes castle, and said to him:…
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