The Waldorf family . much as they could carry. They rilled their pockets,their girdles, and their hats with diamonds, andemeralds, and pearls^ They even dropped someinto the toes of their wooden shoes; and at last,Bellah proposed that they should tighten the knee-buckles of their trunk-hose, and pour them full ofgold pieces. When this was done, finding it ratherinconvenient to walk when encumbered with sucha weight of treasure, Bellah ordered her staff tobecome an immense chariot, large enough to holdall the people she had delivered from their enchant-ment. In this manner they arrived safely a
The Waldorf family . much as they could carry. They rilled their pockets,their girdles, and their hats with diamonds, andemeralds, and pearls^ They even dropped someinto the toes of their wooden shoes; and at last,Bellah proposed that they should tighten the knee-buckles of their trunk-hose, and pour them full ofgold pieces. When this was done, finding it ratherinconvenient to walk when encumbered with sucha weight of treasure, Bellah ordered her staff tobecome an immense chariot, large enough to holdall the people she had delivered from their enchant-ment. In this manner they arrived safely at Lan-illis, where the banns of marriage were immediatelypublished between Harold and Bellah, who were at last allowed to eat their wedding-supper in peace. 101 They were now very happy ; for instead of buy-ing a young heifer, and a lean pig, Harold becamemaster of all the richest lands in the district, andsettled upon them, as farmers, all the men who hadbeen rescued from the power of the Queen of thePearl 102
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