26 THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.

 

with gold; here he saw, upon a bed,
the curtains of which were all open, the
fairest sight that ever he beheld—a prin-
cess who appeared to be about fifteen or
sixteen years of age, and whose resplen-
dent beauty had in it something divine.
He approached with trembling and ad-
miration, and fell down before her on
his knees. And now the enchantment
was at an end ; the princess awaked, and
looking at him kindly, said, ‘‘Is it you,
my prince? I have waited for you a
long time ?”

The prince, charmed with these words,
and much more with the manner in which