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No, fresh blood was needed. Find the right man, and nobility could
be conferred on the spot, as part of the marriage settlement. So the
king decided to hold a competition, open to any eligible male subject
of Baublestein willing to present himself for consideration. The
princess herself was not consulted about this at all. She learned of it
only when a printed announcement accidentally fell at her feet in the
royal hummingbird garden, dropped from a hot air balloon
distributing notices throughout the kingdom. Her fretting increased.
