TWILIGHT LAND

Sure enough, before three days had passed a bidding
came to the prince to make ready to sup with the queen
that night.

When evening drew near a troop of horsemen came,
bringing a white horse with a saddle and bridle of gold

 

studded with precious stones, to take the prince to the
queen’s palace.

As soon as they had brought him thither they led the
prince to a room where was a golden table spread with a
snow-white cloth and set with dishes of gold. At the
end of the table the queen sat waiting for him, and her
face was hidden by a veil of silver gauze. She raised
the veil and looked at the prince, and when he saw her
face he stood as one wonder-struck, for not only was she

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