wings and flew again through the open window, when its whiteness
made
one flash in the sun and vanished. The king laid his hand on the
princess's head, held it back a little, gazed in her face, smiled half a
smile and sighed half a sigh.
"Come, my child; we'll have a walk in the garden together," he said.
"You won't come up and see my huge, great, beautiful grandmother,
then,
king-papa?" said the princess.
"Not this time," said the king very gently. "She has not invited me, you
know, and great old ladies like her do not choose to be visited without
leave asked and given."
The garden was a very lovely place. Being upon a mountain side, there
were parts in it where the rocks came through in great masses, and all
immediately about them remained quite wild. Tufts of heather grew
upon
them, and other hardy mountain plants and flowers, while near them
would
be lovely roses and lilies, and all pleasant garden flowers. This
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