The Dwarf Woman EY

thought it very absurd that every one insisted
upon standing up until they had finished,
and he also was rather annoyed by the
crowds of dwarfs who came running from
all sides to peep at them. It made him feel
shy and uncomfortable, and he would have
been more startled if he had heard the
remarks that were made.

‘Did you ever see any one so splendid as
our king!”

“Such cheeks!”

“Such hair!”

“Such hands!”

‘And so enormous!”

“Besides, he will grow bigger still. Oh,
certainly now we must be respected !”

But he was almost too sleepy to notice
anything, and as for little Joan, what with
the drive and the hot cakes, her eyes closed,
whether she would or no. Seeing that, the
dwarf woman made a sign, and four bed-
chamber women took her up and carried her
to a beautiful little room which had been
specially fitted up, and there undressed and