18 THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.

 

foresight, she thought that when the
princess should awake, she might not
know what to do with herself, being all
alone in the old palace; therefore she
touched with her wand everything in
the palace, except the king and the queen
—governesses, maids of honour, ladies
of the bed-chamber, gentlemen, officers,
stewards, cooks, under-cooks, scullions,
guards, with their beef-eaters, pages,
and footmen; she likewise touched all
the horses that were in the stables, as
well pads as others, the great dog in the
outer court, and the little spaniel that
lay by her on the bed.