. What happened at Olenberg . out. The burgomaster was perhaps the only one to whomshe was more respectful. But he saw very little of herduring these busy days, and thought still less about was too busy planning for the celebration and pre-paring his speech. He put Hulda quite out of hismind. He felt sure that Aunt Angelica would see thatshe did her part correctly, and he was not going tobother himself about that portion of the program. Hewas already worried nearly sick looking after his end ofthe proceedings. There were the fireworks to be provided for, and thedecorations, and the musi
. What happened at Olenberg . out. The burgomaster was perhaps the only one to whomshe was more respectful. But he saw very little of herduring these busy days, and thought still less about was too busy planning for the celebration and pre-paring his speech. He put Hulda quite out of hismind. He felt sure that Aunt Angelica would see thatshe did her part correctly, and he was not going tobother himself about that portion of the program. Hewas already worried nearly sick looking after his end ofthe proceedings. There were the fireworks to be provided for, and thedecorations, and the music, and the military drill, andhis speech and his costume and a dozen other thingsbesides, to say nothing of teaching Constable Bumbleand Pappy Grimm how to bow in true aristocratic style. AT OLENBERG 153 Altogether, he felt that he had his hands more thanfull, and the shorter the time became the more excitedhe grew and the more certain he felt that things wouldnot go right. Nor was he the only one who felt nervous. Nearly mJi. •• -O everyone was more or less worked up about the Princescoming, and was kept busy helping to prepare for thegreat event. There were clothes to be made, and rib-bons and sashes to be bought, and flags to be got ready,and old cavalier hats and brass-buttoned coats to be 154 WHAT HAPPENED brought down from the attics, and houses to be deco-rated, and fences to be painted, and in addition toeverything else, there was an immense amount of talk-ing that had to be done and no end of running back andforth from one house to another; so that the five dayswere filled to overflowing with work and bustle andchatter. The old village had never before been so full of stirand excitement. To have a princess in their midst wasalone enough to fluster the people, but the prospect ofseeing a real prince, a real, live crown prince, waspositively thrilling. Nobody had ever seen one. EvenAunt Angelica had never seen anything bigger than aduke, and that was when she was suc
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