The lady laid her hand on her shoulder and said:
"Sit down again, Irene. Nothing pleases me better than to see any one
sit in my chair. I am only too glad to stand so long as any one will sit
in it."
"How kind of you!" said the princess, and sat down again.
"It makes me happy," said the lady.
"But," said Irene, still puzzled, "won't the thread get in somebody's
way and be broken, if the one end is fast to my ring and the other laid
in your cabinet?"
"You will find all that arranges itself. I am afraid it is time for you
to go."
"Mightn't I stay and sleep with you to-night, grandmother?"
"No, not to-night. If I had meant you to stay to-night, I should have
given you a bath; but you know everybody in the house is miserable
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