. The black aunt. Stories and legends for children . leguesls from abroad. Then a murmur of dissatisfaction arose among theknights and gentlemen because they had come so great ;tdistance to pay their court to the princess and becauseshe had as yet made choice of no one for a heard what they said and stepped to the stone wellcurb that stood in the midst of the garden, loosened agolden bracelet from her arm and threw it down into thewater which foamed and sparkled as it fell, a Now gen-tlemen,)) said Unca, ((whoever shall bring that braceletback to me shall be my husband. Till the n
. The black aunt. Stories and legends for children . leguesls from abroad. Then a murmur of dissatisfaction arose among theknights and gentlemen because they had come so great ;tdistance to pay their court to the princess and becauseshe had as yet made choice of no one for a heard what they said and stepped to the stone wellcurb that stood in the midst of the garden, loosened agolden bracelet from her arm and threw it down into thewater which foamed and sparkled as it fell, a Now gen-tlemen,)) said Unca, ((whoever shall bring that braceletback to me shall be my husband. Till the next full moonyou may seek for it and in that time you can certainlyget it. Then I invite you all to a feast and we will seewho has found the bracelet.)) At this all were silent onlyUnca laughed scornfully, and in the well there was amurmuring sound and they thought that by the light ofthe moon they could see a face look out of the water 87 and laugh and nod and vanish. After this many of thenoble gentlemen left the island in anger because the prin-. cess demanded an impossible thing for the well was lullof water and though people had often tried to sound it,they could never reach the bottom. When the full moon came round again the princessprepared a splendid feast. All the halls and chambers ofthe castle were opened and illuminated, music soundedthrough them and the guests danced. Unca sat on a goldenthrone looking at the crowd. Then as soon as it wasmidnight, a fisherman appeared at the door of the ballroom. He was lofty in person and of vigorous and strik-ing appearance. His net which was thrown woven of 88 silver threads he carried by a staff over his shoulder, hisdoublet was buttoned with muscle shells and drops ofwater hung upon his hair and beard as if he had but justcome out of some lake or stream. The whole companylooked curiously at the fisherman and some thought theyhad seen his face before, but where they could not paid not the least attention to the crowd bu
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