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disappeared, and I saw a frightful fairy, whom I had known
from my youth. 4 What!* cried 3, 4 Ragotte, was a]l this done
by your orders ? ,—‘ By whose orders else, do you think? ’ said
she: 6 have you never known my sentiments till now ? Consider
how low I stoop, and remember it is a fairy who addresses

you. — * But what do you ask ? ’ inquired I ; ‘ is it my crown,
my cities, or my treasure? ’— * Neither/ answered she, some­
what disdainfully -s 1 but I ask your heart. Ah ! grant me your
affection, let me be your beloved Ragotte, and,’ added she,
contracting her mouth to look the more agreeable, and rolling
her eyes about, ‘ I will give you twenty kingdoms beside your
own, a hundred towers of gold, five hundred filled with silver,
and everything else you can possibly desire/ In tills dilemma
I knew not how to act, but resolved to dissemble; and,
pretending a regard for her, begged she would restore me to