The King, motionless with horror, looked on despairingly at this
dreadful occurrence, which he was quite powerless to prevent, and
to make matters worse his sight failed him, everything became dark,
and he felt himself carried along through the air by a strong
hand.
This new misfortune was the work of the wicked Fairy of the
Desert, who had come with the Yellow Dwarf to help him carry off
the Princess, and had fallen in love with the handsome young King
of the Gold Mines directly she saw him. She thought that if
she carried him off to some frightful cavern and chained him to a
rock, then the fear of death would make him forget Bellissima and
become her slave. So, as soon as they reached the place, she
gave him back his sight, but without releasing him from his chains,
and by
