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"'I did not recall the fact that I had asked you to be mine,' courteously answers the youth. "'You did,' she responds, very much embarrassed, as she supposed of course he would remember his offer made when he was an old man with a goat's beard; 'but gladly will I forget all, if you will relinquish my hand.' I DID NOT RECALL THE FACT THAT I'D ASK YOU TO BE MINE COURTEOUSLY ANSWERED THE YOUTH YOU DID SHE RESPONDS VERY MUCH EMBARRASSED AS SHE SUPPOSED OF COURSE YOU REMEMBER HIS OFFER MADE WHEN HE WAS AN OLD MAN WITH A GOAT'S BEARD BUT GLADLY I WILL FORGET ALL IF YOU WILL RELINQUISH MY HAND
s the Knight, and Peter speedily lifts from the ground pots and pots of ducats and florins, and gulden and doubloons." (Peter nods his head at the mention of each precious coin and then claps his hands, and hugs himself with joy, and rocks himself to and fro on the hassock, in his ecstasy at being the little god in the machine.) "Then down the village street there is the sound of hurrying horses' feet, and in a twinkling a gayly painted chariot comes into view, and in it are sitting the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince and Princess of the House of Carey. They alight; Peter meets them at the gate, a pot of gold in each hand. They enter the castle and put their umbrellas in one corner of the front hall and their rubbers in the other one, behind the door. Lady Nancibel trips up the steps after them and, turning, says graciously to her Knight, 'Would you just as soon marry somebody else? I am very much attached to my family, and they will need me dreadfully while they are getting settled.  METAL HE HAS FOUND THE GOLD CRIES THE KNIGHT AND PETER SPEEDILY LIFTS FROM THE GROUND POTS AND POTS OF DUCATS AND FLORINS AND GILDING INTO BLOOMS PETER NODS HIS HEAD AT THE MENTION OF EACH PRECIOUS COIN AND THEN CLAPS HIS HANDS AND HUGS HIMSELF WITH JOY AND ROCKS HIMSELF TO AND FRO ON THE HASAK IN HIS ECSTASY AT BEING THE LITTLE GOD IN THE MACHINE THEN DOWN THE VILLAGE STREET THERE IS THE SOUND OF HURRYING HORSES FEET AND IN A TWINKLING A GAILY PAINTED CHARIOT COMES INTO VIEW AND IN IT ARE SITTING THE QUEEN MOTHER AND THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF THE HOUSE OF CAREY THEY ALIGHT PETER MEETS THEM AT THE GATE A POT OF GOLD IN EACH HAND THEY ENTER THE CASTLE AND PUT THEIR UMBRELLAS IN ONE CORNER OF THE FRONT HALL AND THEIR RUBBERS IN THE OTHER BEHIND THE DOOR LADY NANCY BELL TRIPS UP THE STEPS AFTER THEM AND TURNING SAYS GRACIOUSLY TO HER KNIGHT WOULD YOU JUST AS SOON MARRY SOMEBODY ELSE I AM VERY MUCH ATTACHED TO MY FAMILY AND THEY WILL NEED ME DREADFULLY WHEN THEY ARE GETTING SETTLED
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