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“What happiness, beautiful princess!" Said the prince, looking at her with tho greatest tenderness imaginable,—“what happiness, to be able to do you
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such a service, to see you smilo so sweetly, and te bo thus rewarded by your love!—to think that the most powerful prince upon the earth could not have performed what I have done, in breaking tho cruel enchantment that condemned you to sleep so long!”
“Ah! dear prince,” replied she, “I feel that we wero mado for each other. It was you I saw; it was you who were my companion; and during my long sleep thought of no one but you. I knew very well that he that should end my enchantment would be the handsomest of men, that he would love me more than himself, and the moment I cast my eyes upon you I knew you perfectly.”
