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Excerpt from Fairy Tales: With an Introduction
Fie, madam! I am far too brave for that. It is better to die than to be a coward.
Then he assembled all his armed men, and after bid ding the (been a tender farewell, he mounted his splendid horse and rode away. When he was lost to sight the (been could do nothing but weep, and wring her hands, and cry.
Alas! If the King is killed, what will become of me and of my little daughter? And she was so sorrow ful that she could neither eat nor sleep.
The King sent her a letter every day, but at last, one morning, as she looked out of the palace window, she saw a messenger approaching in hot haste.
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