. The pot of gold, and other stories . gs and sugar and milk andspice ; then she lined some plates with puff paste,filled them with the mixture, and set them in the ovento bake. The result was unparalleled; nothing half so ex-quisite had ever been tasted. They were all inecstasies, iEneas in particular. They gathered all theGiants heads and stored them in the cellar. Daphnebaked pies of them every day, and nothing could sur-pass the felicity of the whole family. One morning the King had been out hunting, andhappened to ride by the cottage of Patroclus with atrain of his knights. Daphne was bak
. The pot of gold, and other stories . gs and sugar and milk andspice ; then she lined some plates with puff paste,filled them with the mixture, and set them in the ovento bake. The result was unparalleled; nothing half so ex-quisite had ever been tasted. They were all inecstasies, iEneas in particular. They gathered all theGiants heads and stored them in the cellar. Daphnebaked pies of them every day, and nothing could sur-pass the felicity of the whole family. One morning the King had been out hunting, andhappened to ride by the cottage of Patroclus with atrain of his knights. Daphne was baking pies asusual, and the kitchen door and window were bothopen, for the room was so warm; so the deliciousodor of the pies perfumed the whole air about thecottage. What is it smells so utterly lovelv ? exclaimedthe King, sniffing in a rapture. He sent his page in to see. The housewife is baking Giants head pies, saidthe page returning. What ? thundered the King. Bring out oneto me ! So the page brought out a pie to him, and after all. THE PUMPKIN GIANT. 113 his knights had tasted to be sure it was not poison,and the king had watched them sharply for a fewmoments to be sure they were not killed, he tastedtoo. Then he beamed. It was a new sensation, and anew sensation is a great boon to a king. I never tasted anything so altogether superfine,so utterly magnificent in my life, cried the king ;stewed peacocks tongues from the Baltic, are notto be compared with it! Call out the housewifeimmediately ! So Daphne came out trembling, and Patroclus and^Eneas also. What a charming lad ! exclaimed the King ashis glance fell upon ^Eneas. Now tell me aboutthese wonderful pies, and I will reward you as be-comes a monarch ! Then Patroclus fell on his knees and related thewhole history of the Giants head pies from thebeginning. The King actually blushed. And I forgot toknight you, oh noble and brave man, and to make alady of your admirable wife ! Then the King leaned gracefully down from hissa
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