PRINCE PRIGIO. 89

 

CHAPTER XVII.

[he Black -Gat and the Brethren!

5 HO was glad to see the prince, if it was

HN, §=not Lady Rosalind? The white roses of

x her cheeks turned to red roses in a

moment, and then back to white again,

they were so alarmed at the change. So

the two went into the gardens together,
and talked about a number of things; but at
last the prince told her that, before three days
were over, all would be well, or all would be
over with him. For either he would have
brought his brothers back, sound and well, to
Falkenstein, or he would not survive his dis-
honour.

‘“‘It is no more than right,” he said; ‘for
had I gone first, neither of them would have
been sent to meet the monster after I had
fallen. And I should have fallen, dear Rosa-
lind, if I had faced the Firedrake before I
knew you.”

Then when she asked him why, and what
good she had done him, he told her all the
story; and how, before he fell in love with her,
he didn’t believe-in fairies, or Firedrakes, or