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<v Speaker 1>Forward. The story contained herein was written by Charles Dickens

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<v Speaker 1>in eighteen sixty seven. It is the second of four

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<v Speaker 1>stories entitled Holiday Romance, and was published originally in a

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<v Speaker 1>children's magazine in America. It purports to be written by

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<v Speaker 1>a child aged seven. It was re published in England

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<v Speaker 1>in All the Year Round in eighteen sixty eight. For

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<v Speaker 1>this and four other Christmas pieces, Dickens received one thousand pounds.

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<v Speaker 1>Holiday Romance was published in book form by Messrs Chapman

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<v Speaker 1>and Hall in eighteen seventy four, with Edwin Drude and

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<v Speaker 1>other stories. For this reprint, the text of the story

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<v Speaker 1>as it appeared in All the Year Round has been

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<v Speaker 1>followed the Magic Fishbone. There was once a king, and

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<v Speaker 1>he had a queen, and he was the manliest of

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<v Speaker 1>his sex, and she was the loveliest of hers. The

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<v Speaker 1>king was in his private profession under government. The queen's

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<v Speaker 1>father had been a medical man out of town. They

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<v Speaker 1>had nineteen children and were always having more. Seventeen of

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<v Speaker 1>these children took care of the baby, and Alicia, the eldest,

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<v Speaker 1>took care of them. All. Their ages varied from seven

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<v Speaker 1>years to seven months. Let us now resume our story.

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<v Speaker 1>One day. The King was going to the office when

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<v Speaker 1>he stopped at the fishmongers to buy a pound and

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<v Speaker 1>a half of salmon, not too near the tail which

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<v Speaker 1>the Queen, who was a careful housekeeper, had requested him

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<v Speaker 1>to say send home. Mister Pickles. The fishmonger said, certainly, sir,

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<v Speaker 1>is there any other article? Good morning? The King went

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<v Speaker 1>on towards the office in a melancholy mood, for quarter

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<v Speaker 1>day was such a long way off, and several of

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<v Speaker 1>the dear children were growing out of their clothes. He

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<v Speaker 1>had not proceeded far when mister Pickles's errand boy came

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<v Speaker 1>running after him and said, Sir, you didn't notice the

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<v Speaker 1>old lady in our shop? What old lady? Inquired the King.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw none. Now, the King had not seen any

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<v Speaker 1>old lady because this old lady had been invisible to him,

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<v Speaker 1>though visible to mister Pickles's boy, probably because he messed

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<v Speaker 1>and splashed the water about to that degree and flopped

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<v Speaker 1>the pears of souls down in that violent matter that

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<v Speaker 1>if she had had not been visible to him, he

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<v Speaker 1>would have spoilt her clothes. Just then, the old lady

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<v Speaker 1>came trotting up. She was dressed in shot silk of

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<v Speaker 1>the richest quality, smelling of dried lavender. King Watkins, the first,

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<v Speaker 1>I believe, said the old lady. Watkins replied the King.

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<v Speaker 1>Is my name, Papa? If I am not mistaken of

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<v Speaker 1>the beautiful Princess Alicia, said the old lady, and of

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen other darlings, replied the King. Listen, you are going

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<v Speaker 1>to the office, said the old lady. It instantly flashed

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<v Speaker 1>upon the King that she must be a fairy, or

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<v Speaker 1>how could she know that you are right? Said the

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<v Speaker 1>old lady, answering his thoughts, I am the good fairy,

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<v Speaker 1>Grand Marina. Attend when you return home to dinner, politely

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<v Speaker 1>invite the Princess Alicia to have some of the salmon

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<v Speaker 1>you bought just now. It may disagree with her, said

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<v Speaker 1>the King. The old lady became so very angry at

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<v Speaker 1>this absurd idea that the King was quite alarmed and

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<v Speaker 1>humbly begged her, pardon. We hear a great deal too

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<v Speaker 1>much about this thing disagreeing and that thing disagreeing, said

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<v Speaker 1>the old lady, with the greatest contempt it was possible

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<v Speaker 1>to express. Don't be greedy. I think you want it

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<v Speaker 1>all to yourself. The King hung his head under this

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<v Speaker 1>reproof and said he wouldn't talk about things disagreeing any more.

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<v Speaker 1>Be good, then, said the fairy Grand Marina. And don't

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<v Speaker 1>When the beautiful Princess Alicia consents to partake of the salmon,

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<v Speaker 1>as I think she will, you will find she will

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<v Speaker 1>leave a fishbone on her plate. Tell her to dry

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<v Speaker 1>it and to rub it, and to polish it till

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<v Speaker 1>it shines like mother of pearl, and to take care

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<v Speaker 1>of it as a present from me. Is that all

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<v Speaker 1>asked the king. Don't be impatient, sir, returned the fairy

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<v Speaker 1>Grand Marina, scolding him severely. Don't catch people short before

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<v Speaker 1>they have done speaking. Just the way with you, grown

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<v Speaker 1>up persons, you are always doing it. The king again

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<v Speaker 1>hung his head and said he wouldn't do so any more.

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<v Speaker 1>Be good, then, said the fairy Grand Marina. And don't

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<v Speaker 1>tell the Princess Eli with my love that the fishbone

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<v Speaker 1>is a magic present which can only be used once,

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<v Speaker 1>but that it will bring her that once whatever she

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<v Speaker 1>wishes for, provided she wishes for it at the right time.

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<v Speaker 1>That is the message. Take care of it. The king

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<v Speaker 1>was beginning. Might I ask the reason when the fairy

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<v Speaker 1>became absolutely furious. Will you be good, sir, she exclaimed,

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<v Speaker 1>stamping her foot on the ground. The reason for this

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<v Speaker 1>and the reason for that? Indeed, you are always wanting

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<v Speaker 1>the reason. No reason there, hoity toity me. I am

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<v Speaker 1>sick of your grown up reasons. The king was extremely

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<v Speaker 1>frightened by the old ladies flying into such a passion,

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<v Speaker 1>and said he was very sorry to have offended her,

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<v Speaker 1>and he wouldn't ask for reasons any more. Be good, then,

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<v Speaker 1>said the old lady, And don't with those words. Grand

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<v Speaker 1>Marina vanished, and the king went on and on and

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<v Speaker 1>on till he came to the office. There he wrote

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<v Speaker 1>and wrote and wrote till it was time to go

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<v Speaker 1>home again. Then he politely invited the Princess Alicia, as

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<v Speaker 1>the fairy had directed him, to partake of the salmon.

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<v Speaker 1>And when she had enjoyed it very much, he saw

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<v Speaker 1>the fishbone on her plate, as the fairy had told

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<v Speaker 1>him he would, and he delivered the fairy's message. And

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<v Speaker 1>the Princess Alicia took care to dry the bone and

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<v Speaker 1>to rub it and to polish it till it shone

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<v Speaker 1>like mother of pearl. And so when the Queen was

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<v Speaker 1>going to get up in the morning, she said, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>dear me, dear me, my head, my head, and then

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<v Speaker 1>she fainted away. The Princess Alicia, who happened to be

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<v Speaker 1>looking in at the chamber door asking about breakfast, was

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<v Speaker 1>very much alarmed when she saw her Royal Mamma in

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<v Speaker 1>this state, and she rang the bell for Peggy, which

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<v Speaker 1>was the name of the Lord Chamberlain. But remembering where

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<v Speaker 1>the smelling bottle was, she climbed on a chair and

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<v Speaker 1>got it. And after that she climbed on another chair

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<v Speaker 1>by the bedside and held the smelling bottle to the

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<v Speaker 1>Queen's nose. And after that she jumped down and got

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<v Speaker 1>some water, and after that she jumped up again and

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<v Speaker 1>wetted the Queen's forehead. And in short when the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>Chamberlain came in, that dear old woman said to the

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<v Speaker 1>little princess, what a trot you are. I couldn't have

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<v Speaker 1>done it better myself. But that was not the worst

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<v Speaker 1>of the good Queen's illness. Oh no, she was very ill. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>for a long time the Princess Alicia kept the seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>young princes and princesses quiet, and dressed and undressed, and

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<v Speaker 1>danced the baby and made the kettle boil, and heated

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<v Speaker 1>the soup, and swept the hearth, and poured out the medicine,

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<v Speaker 1>and nursed the queen, and did all that ever she could,

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<v Speaker 1>and was as busy, busy, busy as busy could be,

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<v Speaker 1>for there were not many servants at that palace, for

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<v Speaker 1>three reasons, because the king was short of money, because

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<v Speaker 1>a rise in his office never seemed to come, and

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<v Speaker 1>because quarter day was so far off that it looked

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<v Speaker 1>almost as far off and as little as one of

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<v Speaker 1>the stars. But on the morning when the queen fainted away,

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<v Speaker 1>where was the matter jack fishbone? Why there it was

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<v Speaker 1>in the Princess Alicia's pocket. She had almost taken it

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<v Speaker 1>out to bring the queen to life again when she

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<v Speaker 1>put it back and looked for the smelling bottle. After

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<v Speaker 1>the Queen had come out of her swoon that morning

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<v Speaker 1>and was dozing, the Princess Alicia hurried upstairs to tell

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<v Speaker 1>a most particular secret to a most particularly confidential friend

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<v Speaker 1>of hers, who was a duchess. People did suppose her

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<v Speaker 1>to be a doll, but she was really a duchess,

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<v Speaker 1>though nobody knew it except the princess. This most particular

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<v Speaker 1>secret was a secret about the magic fishbone, the history

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<v Speaker 1>of which was well known to the duchess, because the

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<v Speaker 1>princess told her everything. The princess kneeled down by the

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<v Speaker 1>bed on which the duchess was lying, full dressed and

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<v Speaker 1>wide awake, and whispered the secret to her. The duchess

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<v Speaker 1>smiled and nodded. People might have supposed that she never

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<v Speaker 1>smiled and nodded, but she often did, though nobody knew

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<v Speaker 1>it except the princess. Then the Princess Alicia, hurried downstairs

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<v Speaker 1>again to keep watch in the Queen's room. She often

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<v Speaker 1>kept watch by herself in the Queen's room, but every evening,

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<v Speaker 1>while the illness lasted, she sat there watching with the king,

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<v Speaker 1>and every evening the King sat looking at her with

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<v Speaker 1>a cross look, wondering why she never brought out the

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<v Speaker 1>magic fishbone. As often as she noticed this, she ran upstairs,

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<v Speaker 1>whispered the secret to the duchess over again, and said

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<v Speaker 1>to the duchess, besides, they think we children never have

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<v Speaker 1>a reason or a meaning. And the duchess, though the

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<v Speaker 1>most fashionable duchess that ever was heard of, winked her eye.

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<v Speaker 1>Alicia said the king one evening, when she wished him

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<v Speaker 1>good night, Yes, Papa, what is become of the magic

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<v Speaker 1>fishbone in my pocket? Papa? I thought you had lost it? Oh, no, Papa,

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<v Speaker 1>or forgotten it. No, indeed, Papa. And so another time,

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<v Speaker 1>the dreadful little snapping pug dog next door made a

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<v Speaker 1>rush at one of the young princes as he stood

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<v Speaker 1>on the steps coming home from school, and terrified him

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<v Speaker 1>out of his wits, And he put his hand through

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<v Speaker 1>a pane of glass and bled bledd bled. When the

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen other young princes and princesses saw him, bleed, bleed, bleed,

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<v Speaker 1>they were terrified out of their wits too, and screamed

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<v Speaker 1>themselves black in their seventeen faces all at once. But

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<v Speaker 1>the Princess Alicia put her hands over all their seventeen mouths,

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<v Speaker 1>one after another, and persuaded them to be quiet because

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<v Speaker 1>of the sick queen. And then she put the wounded

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<v Speaker 1>prince's hand in a basin of fresh cold water while

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<v Speaker 1>they stared with their twice seventeen or thirty four put

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<v Speaker 1>down four and carry three eyes. And then she looked

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<v Speaker 1>in the hand for bits of glass, and there were

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<v Speaker 1>fortunately no bits of glass there. And then she said

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<v Speaker 1>to two chubby legged princes who were sturdy though small,

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<v Speaker 1>bring me in the royal reag I must snip and

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<v Speaker 1>stitch and cut and contrive. So those two young princes

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<v Speaker 1>tugged at the royal rag bag and lugged it in,

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<v Speaker 1>And the Princess Alicia sat down on the floor with

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<v Speaker 1>a large pair of scissors and a needle and thread

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<v Speaker 1>and snipped and stitched and cut and contrived and made

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<v Speaker 1>a bandage and put it on, and it fitted beautifully.

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<v Speaker 1>And so when it was all done, she saw the King,

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<v Speaker 1>her papa, looking on by the door. Alicia, Yes, Papa,

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<v Speaker 1>what have you been doing snipping, stitching, cutting and contriving? Papa?

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<v Speaker 1>Where is the magic fishbone in my pocket? Papa? I

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<v Speaker 1>thought you had lost it, Oh, no, Papa, or for

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<v Speaker 1>gotten it. No, indeed, Papa. After that she ran upstairs

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<v Speaker 1>to the Duchess and told her what had passed, and

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<v Speaker 1>told her the secret over again, and the Duchess shook

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<v Speaker 1>her flaxen curls and laughed with her rosy lips. Well.

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<v Speaker 1>And so another time the baby fell under the grate.

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<v Speaker 1>The seventeen young princes and princesses were used to it,

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<v Speaker 1>for they were almost always falling under the grate or

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<v Speaker 1>down the stairs, but the baby was not used to

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<v Speaker 1>it yet, and it gave him a swelled face and

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<v Speaker 1>a black eye. The way the poor little darling came

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<v Speaker 1>to tumble was that he slid out of the Princess

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<v Speaker 1>Alicia's lap, just as she was sitting in a great

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<v Speaker 1>coarse apron that quite smothered her, in front of the

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<v Speaker 1>kitchen fire, beginning to peel the turnips for the broth

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<v Speaker 1>for dinner. And the way she came to be doing

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<v Speaker 1>that was that the king's cook had run away that

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<v Speaker 1>morning with her own true love, who was a very tall,

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<v Speaker 1>who cried at everything that happened, cried and roared, But

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<v Speaker 1>the Princess Alicia, who couldn't help crying a little herself,

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<v Speaker 1>quietly called to them to be still on account of

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<v Speaker 1>and said, hold your tongues, you wicked little monkeys, every

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<v Speaker 1>all be cooks. They jumped for joy when they heard that,

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<v Speaker 1>and began making themselves cooks caps out of old newspapers.

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<v Speaker 1>So to one she gave the salt box, and to

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<v Speaker 1>Till they were all cooks, and all running about at work.

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<v Speaker 1>She sitting in the middle, smothered in the great coarse apron,

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<v Speaker 1>nursing baby. By and by the broth was done, and

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<v Speaker 1>the baby woke up, smiling like an angel, and was

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<v Speaker 1>to look at the Princess Alicia, turning out the saucepan

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<v Speaker 1>full of broth for fear, as they were always getting

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<v Speaker 1>into trouble, they should get splashed and scalded. When the

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<v Speaker 1>broth came tumbling out, steaming beautifully and smelling like a

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<v Speaker 1>nosegay good to eat, they clapped their hands. That made

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<v Speaker 1>the baby clap his hands, and that and his looking

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<v Speaker 1>as if he had a comic toothache, made all the

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<v Speaker 1>and be good, And after dinner we will make him

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<v Speaker 1>shall sit in his nest and see a dance of

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen cooks that delighted the young princes and princesses. And

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<v Speaker 1>they ate up all the broth, and washed up all

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<v Speaker 1>the plates and dishes, and cleared away and pushed the

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<v Speaker 1>table into a corner. And then they in their cook's caps,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Princess Alicia, in the smothering coarse apron that

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<v Speaker 1>belonged to the cook that had run away with her

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<v Speaker 1>own true love, that was the very tall but very

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<v Speaker 1>tipsy soldier, danced a dance of eighteen cooks before the

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<v Speaker 1>angelic baby, who forgot his swelled face and his black eye,

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<v Speaker 1>and crowed with joy. And so then once more the

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<v Speaker 1>Princess Alicia saw King Watkins, the first, her father, standing

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<v Speaker 1>in the doorway, looking on, and he said, what have

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<v Speaker 1>you been doing, Alicia? Cooking and contriving? Papa? What else

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<v Speaker 1>have you been doing, Alicha keeping the children light hearted? Papa?

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<v Speaker 1>Where is the magic fishbone, Alicia? In my pocket? Papa?

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<v Speaker 1>I thought you had lost it? Oh, no, Papa, or

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<v Speaker 1>forgotten it? No, indeed, Papa. The King then sighed so

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<v Speaker 1>heavily and seemed so low spirited, and sat down so miserably,

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<v Speaker 1>leaning his head upon his hand and his elbow upon

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<v Speaker 1>the kitchen table, pushed away in the corner that the

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen princes and princesses crept softly out of the kitchen

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<v Speaker 1>and left him alone with the Princess Alicia and the

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<v Speaker 1>angelic baby. What is the matter, Papa, I am dreadfully

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<v Speaker 1>poor my child. Have you no money at all? Papa? None?

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<v Speaker 1>My child? Is there no way left of getting any Papa?

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<v Speaker 1>No way, said the King. I have tried very hard,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have tried all ways. When she heard those

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<v Speaker 1>last words, the Princess Alicha began to put her hand

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<v Speaker 1>into the pocket where she kept the magic fishbone, Papa

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<v Speaker 1>said she. When we have tried very hard and tried

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<v Speaker 1>all ways, we must have done our very very best,

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<v Speaker 1>no doubt, Alicia. When we have done our very very best, Papa,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is not enough, then I think the right

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<v Speaker 1>time must have come for asking help of others. This

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<v Speaker 1>was the very secret connected with the magic fishbone, which

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<v Speaker 1>she had found out for herself from the good fairy

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<v Speaker 1>Grand Marina's words, and which she had so often whispered

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<v Speaker 1>to her beautiful and fashionable friend, the Duchess. So she

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<v Speaker 1>took out of her pocket the magic fishbone that had

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<v Speaker 1>been dried and rubbed and polished till it shone like

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<v Speaker 1>mother of pearl, and she gave it one little kiss

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<v Speaker 1>and wished it was quarter day. And immediately it was

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<v Speaker 1>quarter day, and the king's quarter salary came rattling down

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<v Speaker 1>the chimney and bounced into the middle of the floor.

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<v Speaker 1>But this was not half of what happened, No, not

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<v Speaker 1>a quarter for immediately afterwards, the good fairy Grand Marina

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<v Speaker 1>came riding in in a carriage and four peacocks, with

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<v Speaker 1>mister Pickles's boy up behind, dressed in silver and gold,

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<v Speaker 1>with a cocked hat, powdered hair, pink silk stockings, a

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<v Speaker 1>jeweled cane, and a nosegay. Down jumped mister Pickles's boy,

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<v Speaker 1>with his cocked hat in his hand and wonderfully polite,

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<v Speaker 1>being entirely changed by enchantment, and handed Grand Marina out.

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<v Speaker 1>And there she stood in her rich shot silk smelling

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<v Speaker 1>of dried lavender, fanning herself with a sparkling fan. Alicia,

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<v Speaker 1>my dear, said this charming old fairy, how do you do?

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<v Speaker 1>I hope I see you pretty well? Give me a

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<v Speaker 1>kiss the princess Alicia embraced her, and then Grand Marina

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<v Speaker 1>turned to the king and said, rather sharply, are you good?

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<v Speaker 1>The king said, he hoped, so. I suppose you know

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<v Speaker 1>the reason now why my god daughter here kissing the

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<v Speaker 1>princess again? Did not apply to the fishbone sooner, said

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<v Speaker 1>the fairy. The King made her a shy bow. Ah,

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<v Speaker 1>But you didn't, then, said the fairy. The King made

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<v Speaker 1>her a shyer bow any more reasons to ask for,

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<v Speaker 1>said the fairy. The king said no, and he was

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<v Speaker 1>very sorry. Be good, then, said the fairy, and live

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<v Speaker 1>happily ever afterwards. Then Grand Marina waved her fan and

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<v Speaker 1>the Queen came in most splendidly dressed, and the seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>young princes and princesses, no longer grown out of their clothes,

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<v Speaker 1>came in newly fitted out from top to toe, with

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<v Speaker 1>tucks in everything to admit of its being let out.

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<v Speaker 1>After that, the fairy tapped the Princess Alicia with her fan,

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<v Speaker 1>and the smothering coarse apron flew away, and she appeared

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<v Speaker 1>exquisitely dressed like a little bride, with a wreath of

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<v Speaker 1>orange flowers and a silver veil. After that, the kitchen

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<v Speaker 1>dresser changed of itself into a wardrobe made of beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>woods and gold and looking glass, which was full of

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<v Speaker 1>dresses of all sorts, all for her, and all exactly

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<v Speaker 1>fitting her. After that, the angelic baby came in, running alone,

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<v Speaker 1>with his face and eye, not a bit the worse,

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<v Speaker 1>but much the better. Then Grand Marina begged to be

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<v Speaker 1>introduced to the Duchess, and when the Duchess was brought down,

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<v Speaker 1>many compliments passed between them. A little whispering took place

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<v Speaker 1>between the fairy and the Duchess, and then the fairy

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<v Speaker 1>said out loud, yes, I thought she would have told you.

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<v Speaker 1>Grand Marina then turned to the King and Queen and said,

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<v Speaker 1>we are going in search of Prince certain Personio. The

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<v Speaker 1>pleasure of your company is requested at church in half

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<v Speaker 1>an hour. Precisely so, she and the Princess Alicia got

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<v Speaker 1>into the carriage, and mister Pickles's boy handed in the Duchess,

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<v Speaker 1>who sat by herself on the opposite seat. And then

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<v Speaker 1>mister Pickles's boy put up the steps and got up behind,

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<v Speaker 1>and the peacocks flew away with their tails spread. Prince

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<v Speaker 1>certain Personio were sitting by himself, eating barley sugar and

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<v Speaker 1>waiting to be ninety. When he saw the peacocks, followed

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<v Speaker 1>by the carriage coming in at the window. It immediately

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<v Speaker 1>occurred to him that something uncommon was going to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Prince said, Grand Marina, I bring you your bride. The

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<v Speaker 1>moment the fairy said those words, Prince Certain Parsonio's face

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<v Speaker 1>left off being sticky, and his jacket and corduroys changed

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<v Speaker 1>to peach bloom velvet, and his hair curled, and a

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<v Speaker 1>cap and feather flew in like a bird and settled

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<v Speaker 1>on his head. He got into the carriage by the

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<v Speaker 1>fairy's invitation, and there he renewed his acquaintance with the duchess,

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<v Speaker 1>whom he had seen before. In the church. Were the

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<v Speaker 1>Prince's relations and friends, and the Princess Alicia's relations and friends,

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<v Speaker 1>and the seventeen princes and princesses, and the baby, and

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<v Speaker 1>a crowd of the neighbors. The marriage was beautiful beyond expression.

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<v Speaker 1>The Duchess was bridesmaid and beheld the ceremony from the pulpit,

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<v Speaker 1>where she was supported by the cushion of the dusk.

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<v Speaker 1>Grand Marina gave a magnificent wedding feast afterwards, in which

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<v Speaker 1>there was everything and more to eat, and everything and

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<v Speaker 1>more to drink. The wedding cake was delicately ornamented with

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<v Speaker 1>white satin ribbons, frosted silver and white lilies, and was

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<v Speaker 1>forty two yards round. When Grand Marina had drunk her

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<v Speaker 1>love to the young couple and Prince, Certain Personio had

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<v Speaker 1>made a speech, and everybody had cried Hip, Hip, Hip, Hurrah.

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<v Speaker 1>Grand Marina announced to the King and Queen that in

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<v Speaker 1>future there would be eight quarter days in every year,

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<v Speaker 1>except in leap year, when there would be She then

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<v Speaker 1>turned to certain Personio and Alicia and said, my DearS,

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<v Speaker 1>you will have thirty five children, and they will all

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<v Speaker 1>be good and beautiful. Seventeen of your children will be boys,

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<v Speaker 1>and eighteen will be girls. The hair of the whole

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<v Speaker 1>of your children will curl naturally. They will never have

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<v Speaker 1>the measles, and will have recovered from the whooping cough

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<v Speaker 1>before being born. On hearing such good news, everybody cried out, Hip, Hip, Hip,

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<v Speaker 1>Hurrah again. It only remains, said Grand Marina in conclusion,

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<v Speaker 1>to make an end of the fishbone. So she took

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<v Speaker 1>it from the hand of the Princess Alicia, and it

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<v Speaker 1>instantly flew down the throat of the dreadful little snapping

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<v Speaker 1>End of the magic fishbone.