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~ The tyrant regarded her, for some moments, in 
evident wonder at her audacity. He seemed quite 
at a loss what to do or say—how most becomingly 
to express his indignations. = 
At last, without uttering a syllable, he pushed her 
violently from him, and threw the contents of the 
brimming goblet in her face. 
The poor girl got up as best she could; and, not 
daring even to sigh, resumed her position at the 
foot of the table. 
There was a dead silence for about half a minute, 
during which the falling of a leaf, or of a feather, 
might have been heard. It was interrupted by a 
low, .but harsh and protracted grati ng sound 
which seemed to come, at once from every, corner 
of. the room. = = 
“What—what—w ha t are you making that noise 
tor?” demanded the king, turning furiously to the 
dwarf. 
The latter seemed to have recovered, in great 
measure, from his intoxication, and looking fixedly 
but” quietly into the tyrant’s face, merely ejacu-: 
lated: ~~ 
“TTP How could it have been me?” 
.The sound appeared to come from: without,” 
observed one of the courtiers. “I fancy it was the 
parrot at the window, whetting his bill upon his 
cage-wires.” 
“True,” replied the monarch, as if much relieved 
by the suggestion; “but, on the honour of a knight. 
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