76 PRINCE PRIGIO.

of the Firedrake! There he was in a moment;
and dreadful the body looked, lying stark and
cold in the white moonshine. Then the prince
cut off its four hoofs, put them in his wallet, and
with these he flew back in a second, and met
the ambassador just as he came from ushering
the king to bed. Then the prince was shown
his own room, where he locked up the hoofs,
the carpet, the cap of darkness, and his. other
things in an iron box; and so he went to bed
and dreamed of his Lady Rosalind.