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■washing the dishes, and rubbing the tables and chairs. It was
her place to clean madam's chamber, and that of the misses her
daughters, which was all inlaid, had beds of the newest fashion^
and looking-glasses so Long and so broad, that they saw them ­
selves from head to foot in them ; while the littJo creature
herself was Forced to sleep up in a sorry garret, upon n wretched
straw fcrd, without curtains, or anything to make her comfort­
able, The poor child bore this with the greatest patience, not
daring to complain to her father, who, she feared, would only
reprove her, for she saw that his wife governed him entirely.
When she h:id done all her work, slic used to sit ill the chimney-
corner anvong the cinders; so lhat in the house she went by (he
name of ( inderbreech ; the
voungcr of the two sisters
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however, being rather mure
civil than the elder, chilled her £
Cinderella. And Cinderella, ^
dirty and ragged as she was,
as often happens in such eases, s
was a thousand times prettier
than her sisters, dressed out in
all their splendour. It hap­
pened that the. king's son gave
a hall, lo which lie invited all the people of fashion in the couni ry.
O ur two misses were uf the num ber; for the king's sans did not
know how disagreeable they were ; but supposed, as they were
ko much indulged, that they Were extremely amiable. He did
not invite Cinderella, for he had never seen or heard of her.
T he two sisters began immediately to be very busy in pre­
paring for the happy day. Nothing could exceed their joy,
Jivery moment of their time was spent in fancying such gowns,
shoes, and head-dresses, as would set them off to the greatest