"Poor shadow!" said the princess; "it is very unfortunate for him; it would really be a good deed to free him from his frail existence; and, indeed, when I think how often people take the part of the lower class against the higher, in these days, it would be policy to put him out of the way quietly." "Jeg har oplevet det Grueligste, der kan opleves!" sagde Skyggen, "tænk Dig – ja, saadan en stakkels Skyggehjerne kan ikke holde meget ud! – Tænk Dig, min Skygge er blevet gal, han troer at han er Mennesket og at jeg – tænk dig bare, – at jeg er hans Skygge!" "Det er frygteligt!" sagde Prinsessen, "han er dog spærret inde?"