Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 477
No, no, answered Robert, shrinking back. I cannot come to the town; it is so silentthere, it frightens me. Silent ? echoed the Princess. Surely, itis the forest that is silent! Oh, no, said the minstrels son, smiling; the forest is full of sound. Can you not hearthem all talking—the bees and the… … COME HERE, PRINCE, THE PRINCESS COMMANDED. YOU MAI toward the gate. Come back to the townwith me, she said eagerly. It is true thatyou cannot hear the other peoples voices; butyou will always be able to hear me, and that isever so much more important! So the minstrels son went back to the…
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