CHAPTER V
THE PRINCESS LETS WELL ALONE
WHEN she woke the next morning, the first thing she heard was the
rain
still falling. Indeed, this day was so like the last, that it would have
been difficult to tell where was the use of it. The first thing she
thought of, however, was not the rain, but the lady in the tower; and
the first question that occupied her thoughts was whether she should
not
ask the nurse to fulfill her promise this very morning, and go with her
to find her grandmother as soon as she had had her breakfast. But she
came to the conclusion that perhaps the lady would not be pleased if
she
took anyone to see her without first asking leave; especially as it was
pretty evident, seeing she lived on pigeons' eggs, and cooked them
herself, that she did not want the household to know she was there. So
the princess resolved to take the first opportunity of running up alone
and asking whether she might bring her nurse. She believed the fact
that
she could not otherwise convince her she was telling the truth, would
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