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"Oh, thank you, thank you!" cried the parents, clasping his great hands to their breasts. "You have indeed lifted a load from us. She shall have half the kingdom for her dowry." But Muffette stood up and thrust them aside. "I will not buy my life with faithlessness," she said proudly; "and I will go with you this moment to the dragon's abode." And all her father's and mother's tears and prayers availed nothing to move her. |
