The Alhambra . 250 THE ALHAMBRA sun by silken awnings. All the beauties of the land wereassembled in those galleries, while below pranced plumedknights with their pages and esquires, among whom figuredconspicuously the princes who were to contend in the the beauties of the land, however, were eclipsed when thePrincess Aldegonda appeared in the royal pavilion, and for thefirst time broke forth upon the gaze of an admiring world. Amurmur of wonder ran through the crowd at her transcendentloveliness; and the princes who were candidates for he-r hand,. ToU. merely on the faith of her r
The Alhambra . 250 THE ALHAMBRA sun by silken awnings. All the beauties of the land wereassembled in those galleries, while below pranced plumedknights with their pages and esquires, among whom figuredconspicuously the princes who were to contend in the the beauties of the land, however, were eclipsed when thePrincess Aldegonda appeared in the royal pavilion, and for thefirst time broke forth upon the gaze of an admiring world. Amurmur of wonder ran through the crowd at her transcendentloveliness; and the princes who were candidates for he-r hand,. ToU. merely on the faith of her reported charms, now felt tenfoldardour for the conflict. The princess, however, had a troubled look. The colourcame and went from her cheek, and her eye wandered with arestless and unsatisfied expression over the plumed throng ofknights. The trumpets were about sounding for the encounter,when the herald announced the arrival of a strange knight;and Ahmed rode into the field. A steel helmet studded withgems rose above his turban; his cuirass was embossed with LEGEND OF PRINCE AL KAMEL 251 gold; his ci meter and dagger were of the workmanship of flamed with precious stones. A round shield was at hisshoulder, and in his hand he bore the lance of charmed caparison of his Arabian steed was richly embroidered andswept the ground, and the proud animal pranced and sniffedthe air, and neighed with joy at once more beholding the arrayof arms. The lofty and graceful demeanour of the prince struckevery eye, and when his appellation was an
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