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Excerpt from Folk-Lore Record, Vol. 3 There was another great ball in a week's time, and the very same thing took place again. There was the princess, and the dress she had on was the silk and gold thread. The prince became more enamoured, and before leaving she promised to come to the next ball. When she and the filly came under the tree on the lawn she took the upper end of her dress in her fingers, and it came off like a glove, and she made her way in at the back door, and into her crib at the stair foot. In the morning the prince sent for the girl in the catskins to bring up a needle and thread to sew a button on his shirt-sleeve. He watched her fingers and saw they were small and lovely; but when the button was sewed she slipped downstairs. The third night came, and she shook the dress of silk and pearls and diamonds over her, and went to the ball. There in the course of the evening he asked her to marry him. She replied, You will see me again, and if you know me when you meet me next we will part no more. When the prince afterwards held her hand as she was going away at the hall-door he slipped a dawny ring of gold on her finger without her feeling it. Next morning he sent for her, and told her he was going to be married. I have asked you twice already, said he, to be my queen I ask you now, the third time. You promised me you would have me if I knew you the next time we should meet. This is the next time. If I dori't know you, I know my ring on your fourth finger. She asked his permission to leave the room. She went out and returned shortly with the brown stain off her face and hands, and her dazzling dress of silk and jewels on her. They did not put off their marriage. There can be no question, after reading Mr. Kennedy's story, that it is the tale, or one of the tales, to which Goldsmith referred. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.