The crystal palace : and other legends . THE GNOMES ROAD On the high hill above the Rhine stillstand the ruins of an old Castle. HereKuno Von Sayne once lived. Kuno wasa very proud young man for he was amember of a very noble family. He had fallen in love with the beautifuldaughter of the surly old Lord of Faul-kenstein. At last he succeeded in win-ning the love of the maiden, but of herfather he had great fear. After many months of hoping and fear-ing, he decided to go to the old Lord andask for his daughters hand. One beau-tiful morning he set out on his mission,to the Castle of Faulkenstein
The crystal palace : and other legends . THE GNOMES ROAD On the high hill above the Rhine stillstand the ruins of an old Castle. HereKuno Von Sayne once lived. Kuno wasa very proud young man for he was amember of a very noble family. He had fallen in love with the beautifuldaughter of the surly old Lord of Faul-kenstein. At last he succeeded in win-ning the love of the maiden, but of herfather he had great fear. After many months of hoping and fear-ing, he decided to go to the old Lord andask for his daughters hand. One beau-tiful morning he set out on his mission,to the Castle of Faulkenstein. This Cas-tle was perched far up on the heights thatrose above a small river. It was a long journey, and he had al- 21 22 The Gnomes Road most lost his courage when he reached theplace. However, he went at once into thepresence of the Lord of Faulkenstein andboldly made known his wish. The grim, old Lord looked at himlong and closely, then in tones that wereterrible to poor Kuno spoke. I will, he said, consider the matterif you will pr
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