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The Tinder Box (7) [The Tinder Box]

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Next day he appeared in respectable boots and fine clothes.

Now, instead of a common soldier he had become a noble load, and the people told him about all the grand doings of the town and the King, and what a beautiful princess his daughter was.

" how can one get to see her ? " asked the Soldier.

" She is never to be seen at all ! " they told him; " she lives in a great big copper castle, surrounded by many walls and towers.
No one except the King may go in or out, for it is prophesied that she will marry a common soldier, and the King simply cannot submit to that.

" I should very much like to see her, " thought the Soldier, but he could not get permission.

Now he lived very pleasantly, went to theatre, drove in the King's garden, and gave the poor a great deal of money, which was very nice of him; he had experienced in former times how hard it is not to have a farthing in the world.

Now he was rich, wore fine clothes, and made many friends, who all said that he was an excellent man, a real nobleman.

And the Soldier liked that.

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