. Tales of fantasy . 348 Tales of Fantasy. CHAPTER XIX. And Now We Come to the Last Scene in the Pantomime. HE many ups and downs ofher life had given the Prin-cess Rosalba prodigious strengthof mind, and that highly prin-cipled young woman presentlyrecovered from her fainting-fit out ofwhich Fairy Blackstick, by a preciousessence which the Fairy always carriedin her pocket, awakened her. Instead of tearing herhair, crying and bemoaning herself, and fainting again,as many young women would have done, Rosalbaremembered that she owed an example of firmness toher subjects, and though she loved Gi
. Tales of fantasy . 348 Tales of Fantasy. CHAPTER XIX. And Now We Come to the Last Scene in the Pantomime. HE many ups and downs ofher life had given the Prin-cess Rosalba prodigious strengthof mind, and that highly prin-cipled young woman presentlyrecovered from her fainting-fit out ofwhich Fairy Blackstick, by a preciousessence which the Fairy always carriedin her pocket, awakened her. Instead of tearing herhair, crying and bemoaning herself, and fainting again,as many young women would have done, Rosalbaremembered that she owed an example of firmness toher subjects, and though she loved Giglio more thanher life, was determined, as she told the Fairy, not tointerfere between him and justice, or to cause him tobreak his royal word. I cannot marry him, but I shall love him always,says she to Blackstick; I will go and be present athis marriage with the countess, and sign the book,and wish them happy with all my heart. I will see,when I get home, whether I cannot make the newQueen some handsome presents. The Grim Tartarycrown d
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