"Here you can dream yourself back again in the old home in
the cave," said the king; "here is the work with which you employed
yourself. It will amuse you now in the midst of all this splendor
to think of that time."
When Eliza saw all these things which lay so near her
heart, a smile played around her mouth, and the crimson blood
rushed to her cheeks. She thought of her brothers, and their
release made her so joyful that she kissed the king's hand. Then he
pressed her to his heart. Very soon the joyous church bells
announced the marriage feast, and that the beautiful dumb girl out
of the wood was to be made the queen of the country. Then the
archbishop whispered wicked words in the king's ear, but they did
not sink into his heart. The marriage was still to take place, and
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