"I know that. I let you have mine. I haven't got your name. You've got
mine."
"How can that be?" asked the princess, bewildered. "I've always had my
name."
"Your papa, the king, asked me if I had any objection to your having it;
and of course I hadn't. I let you have it with pleasure."
"It was very kind of you to give me your name--and such a pretty one,"
said the princess.
"Oh, not so _very_ kind!" said the old lady. "A name is one of those
things one can give away and keep all the same. I have a good many
such
things. Wouldn't you like to know who I am, child?"
"Yes, that I should--very much."
"I'm your great-great-grandmother," said the lady.
"What's that?" asked the princess.
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