Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 527
RQUOISE MOUNTAINS [Ana. And that is the celebrated gem your father sto— Yes—captured from him. I have thatwonderful gem carefully locked up andguarded in my strong room. And I presume you object to handing itover. Precisely. But those princes are an al-most daily nuisance. We find them every-where.… … PARDON ME, HE SAID, BUT ARE YOU A PRINCE, BY ANY CHANCE? witches, learned pedants, and mighty giants.Why, the whole palace is guarded by burglar-alarms and special watchmen at twenty be-zants a day! That is why the queen getsaway from here whenever she can find anexcuse. She is visiting a second…
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