The Young King of the Black Isles (24) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (24)
Meanwhile the enchantress returned to the Palace of Tears, and supposing that she still spoke to the black, said, " Dear love, I have done what you required ; nothing now prevents your rising and giving me the satisfaction of which I have so long been deprived. "
The sultan, still counterfeiting the pronunciation of the black, said : " What you have now done is by no means sufficient for my cure ; you have only removed a part of the evil ; you must cut it up by the root. "
" My lovely black, " resumed the queen, " what do you mean by the root ? "
" Wretched woman, " replied the sultan, " understand you not that I allude to the town and its inhabitants, and the four islands, destroyed by thy enchantments ? The fish every noght at midnight raise their heads out of the lake, and cry for vengeance against thee and me. "
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Meanwhile the enchantress returned to the Palace of Tears, and supposing that she still spoke to the black, said, " Dear love, I have done what you required ; nothing now prevents your rising and giving me the satisfaction of which I have so long been deprived. "
The sultan, still counterfeiting the pronunciation of the black, said : " What you have now done is by no means sufficient for my cure ; you have only removed a part of the evil ; you must cut it up by the root. "
" My lovely black, " resumed the queen, " what do you mean by the root ? "
" Wretched woman, " replied the sultan, " understand you not that I allude to the town and its inhabitants, and the four islands, destroyed by thy enchantments ? The fish every noght at midnight raise their heads out of the lake, and cry for vengeance against thee and me. "
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2016-04-28 16:00
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