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Her beauty was as still sunsets of bitter evenings when all the world is frore, a wonder and a chill. HER BEAUTY WAS AS STILL SUNSETS OF BITTER EVENINGS WHEN ALL THE WORLD IS FRARE A WONDER AND A CHILL
 she should have asked for a score of venomous heads of the serpents of Licantara, or demanded the death of any notable dragon, or sent them all upon some deadly quest, but that she could not love them--! It was unheard of--it had no parallel in the annals of romance. And then she said that if they must needs have a quest she would offer her hand to him who first should move her to tears: and the quest should be called, for reference in histories or song, the Quest of the Queen's Tears, and he that achieved them she would wed, be he only a petty duke of lands unknown to romance. And many were moved to anger, for they hoped for some bloody quest; but the old lords chamberlain said, as they muttered among themselves in a far, dark end of the chamber, that the quest was hard and wise, for that if she could ever weep she might also love. They had known her all her childhood; she had never sighed. Many men had she seen, suitors and courtiers, and had never turned her head after one went by. ID INTO SOME LIONS DEN SHE SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR A SCORE OF VENOMOUS HEADS OF THE SERPENTS OF LIKE CANTERA OR DEMANDED THE DEATH OF ANY NOTABLE DRAGON OR SENT THEM ALL UPON SOME DEADLY QUEST BUT THAT SHE COULD NOT LOVE THEM IT WAS UNHEARD OF IT HAD NO PARALLEL IN THE ANNALS OF ROMANCE AND THEN SHE SAID THAT IF THEY MUST NEEDS HAVE A QUEST SHE WOULD OFFER HER HAND TO HIM WHO FIRST SHOULD MOVE HER TO TEARS AND THE QUEST SHOULD BE CALLED FOR REFERENCE IN HISTORIES OR SONG THE QUEST OF THE QUEEN'S TEARS AND HE THAT ACHIEVED THEM SHE WOULD WED BE HE ONLY A PETTY DUKE OF LANDS UNKNOWN TO ROMANCE AND MANY WERE MOVED TO ANGER FOR THEY HOPED FOR SOME BLOODY QUEST BUT THE OLD LORD'S CHAMBERLAIN SAID AS THEY MUTTERED AMONG THEMSELVES IN A FAR DARK END OF THE CHAMBER THAT THE QUEST WAS HARD AND WISE FOR THAT IF SHE COULD EVER WEEP SHE MIGHT ALSO LOVE THEY HAD KNOWN HER ALL HER CHILDHOOD SHE HAD NEVER SIGHED MANY MEN HAD SHE SEEN SUITORS AND COURTIERS AND HAD NEVER TURNED HER HEAD AFTER ONE WENT BY
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