Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 · Boston : Hall and Locks · leaf 236
to divert her, they thought,would be to urge her to marry. The princess, who hadnow become less obstinate on that point than formerly,consented to this, and, thinking that such a pigmy as theYellow Dwarf would not dare to contend with so gallanta person as the King of the Golden Mines, she fixedon… … 202 The Story Teller moving towards them a box on which sat an old womanremarkable for her ugliness. Hold, queen and princess, cried she, knitting herbrows; remember the promises you have both madeto my friend the Yellow Dwarf. I am the Desert Fairy,and unless All-Fair consent to marry him, I…
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