` Now we are delighted at that , ' said both the weavers , and thereupon they named the colours and explained the make of the texture . The old minister paid great attention , so that he could tell the same to the Emperor when he came back to him , which he did . The impostors now wanted more money , more silk , and more gold to use in their weaving . They put it all in their own pockets , and there came no threads on the loom , but they went on as they had done before , working at the empty loom . The Emperor soon sent another worthy statesman to see how the weaving was getting on , and whether the cloth would soon be finished . It was the same with him as the first one ; he looked and looked , but because there was nothing on the empty loom he could see nothing . ` Is it not a beautiful piece of cloth ? ' asked the two impostors , and they pointed to and described the splendid material which was not there . ` Stupid I am not ! ' thought the man , ` so it must be my good office for which I am not fitted . It is strange , certainly , but no one must be allowed to notice it . ' And so he praised the cloth which he did not see , and expressed to them his delight at the beautiful colours and the splendid texture . ` Yes , it is quite beautiful , ' he said to the Emperor . Everybody in the town was talking of the magnificent cloth . Now the Emperor wanted to see it himself while it was still on the loom . With a great crowd of select followers , amongst whom were both the worthy statesmen who had already been there before , he went to the cunning impostors , who were now weaving with all their might , but without fibre or thread . ` Is it not splendid ! ' said both the old statesmen who had already been there . ` See , your Majesty , what a texture ! What colours ! '
And then they pointed to the empty loom , XXXXX they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well .
amongst at for of on so that to while with