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It was not by chains that the dragon kept her there, but by one of the spells of old. IT WAS NOT BY CHAINS THAT THE DRAGON KEPT HER THERE BUT BY ONE OF THE SPELLS OF OLD
elves and the gnomes of myth. And partly she still lived, and partly she was one with long-ago and with those sacred tales that nurses tell, when all their children are good, and evening has come, and the fire is burning well, and the soft pat-pat of the snowflakes on the pane is like the furtive tread of fearful things in old, enchanted woods. If at first she missed those dainty novelties among which she was reared, the old, sufficient song of the mystical sea singing of faery lore at first soothed and at last consoled her. Even, she forgot those advertisements of pills that are so dear to England; even, she forgot political cant and the things that one discusses and the things that one does not, and had perforce to content herself with seeing sailing by huge golden-laden galleons with treasure for Madrid, and the merry skull-and-cross-bones of the pirateers, and the tiny nautilus setting out to sea, and ships of heroes trafficking in romance or of princes seeking for enchanted isles. OF FABLE DID AND THE ELVES AND THE GNOMES OF MYTH AND PARTLY SHE STILL LIVED AND PARTLY SHE WAS WON WITH LONG AGO AND WITH THOSE SACRED TALES THAT NURSES TELL WHEN ALL THEIR CHILDREN ARE GOOD AND EVENING HAS COME AND THE FIRE IS BURNING WELL AND THE SOFT PAT PAT OF THE SNOWFLAKES ON THE PANE IS LIKE THE FURTIVE TREAD OF FEARFUL THINGS IN OLD ENCHANTED WOODS IF AT FIRST SHE MISSED THOSE DAINTY NOVELTIES AMONG WHICH SHE WAS REARED THE OLD SUFFICIENT SONG OF THE MYSTICAL SEA SINGING OF FAIRY LORE AT FIRST SOOTHED AND AT LAST CONSOLED HER EVEN SHE FORGOT THOSE ADVERTISEMENTS OF PILLS THAT ARE SO DEAR TO ENGLAND EVEN SHE FORGOT POLITICAL CANT AND THE THINGS THAT ONE DISCUSSES AND THE THINGS THAT ONE DOES NOT AND HAD PERFORCE TO CONTENT HERSELF WITH SEEING SAILING BY HUGE GOLDEN LADEN GALLEONS WITH TREASURE FOR MADRID AND THE MERRY SCULLING CROSSBONES OF THE PIRATEERS AND THE TINY NAUTILUS SETTING OUT TO SEA AND SHIPS OF HEROES TRAFFICKING IN ROMANCE OR OF PRINCES SEEKING FOR ENCHANTED ISLES
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