TWILIGHT LAND

embroidered with gold, and to set plates of gold and
silver upon it. The Genie smote his hands together a
third time, and in answer there came six servants. They
led Jacob Stuck into another room, where there was a
bath of musk and rose-water. They bathed him in the
bath and dressed him in clothes like an emperor, and

 

when he came out again his face shone, and he was as
handsome as a picture.

Then by-and-by he knew that the princess was coming,
for suddenly there was the sound of girls’ voices singing
and the twanging of stringed instruments. The door
flew open, and in came a crowd of beautiful girls, singing
and playing music, and after them the princess herself,
more beautiful than ever. But the proud princess was
frightened! Yes, she was. And well she might be, for
the Genie had flown with her through the air from the

palace, and that is enough to frighten anybody. Jacob
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