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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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