VALEN- of her banishment and death. The news was like
TINE AND life to the dead; and the emperor, as soon as he

ORSON had sufficiently collected himself to give the proper
orders, set off with his whole court to meet his
long-lost queen, and to bring her back in triumph
to her throne. His delight was still further in-
creased when he saw the two youths his sons, and
embraced them for the first time since they were
children.
Great rejoicings, feasts, dances, and tournaments
were held in honour of these events in all parts
of the French king’s dominions; and, in due
time, the emperor and his queen, accompanied by
Orson, took their departure for their own country.
Valentine remained at the court of his uncle, and
was shortly after married to the fair Princess
Eglantine.
At the death of the monarch they succeeded to
the empire, and were blessed with a long and
prosperous reign.

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