He hastened his steps , and quickly arrived at the gate of the palace , which was formed of a single agate . The gate swung open to let him through , and he next passed successively three courts , surrounded by deep ditches filled with running water , with birds of brilliant plumage flying about the banks . Everything around was rare and beautiful , but the Prince scarcely raised his eyes to all these wonders . He thought only of the Princess and where he should find her , but in vain he opened every door and searched in every corner ; he neither saw Rosalie nor anyone else . At last there was no place left for him to search but a little wood , which contained in the centre a sort of hall built entirely of orange-trees , with four small rooms opening out of the corners . Three of these were empty except for statues and wonderful things , but in the fourth the Invisible Prince caught sight of Rosalie . His joy at beholding her again was , however , somewhat lessened by seeing that the Prince of the Air was kneeling at her feet , and pleading his own cause . But it was in vain that he implored her to listen ; she only shook her head . ` No , ' was all she would say ; ` you snatched me from my father whom I loved , and all the splendour in the world can never console me . Go ! I can never feel anything towards you but hate and contempt . ' With these words she turned away and entered her own apartments . Unknown to herself the Invisible Prince had followed her , but fearing to be discovered by the Princess in the presence of others , he made up his mind to wait quietly till dark ; and employed the long hours in writing a poem to the Princess , which he laid on the bed beside her . This done , he thought of nothing but how best to deliver Rosalie , and he resolved to take advantage of a visit which the Prince of the Air paid every year to his mother and brothers in order to strike the blow . One day Rosalie was sitting alone in her room thinking of her troubles when she suddenly saw a pen get up from off the desk and begin to write all by itself on a sheet of white paper . As she did not know that it was guided by an invisible hand she was very much astonished , and the moment that the pen had ceased to move she instantly went over to the table , where she found some lovely verses , telling her that another shared her distresses , whatever they might be , and loved her with all his heart ; and that he would never rest until he had delivered her from the hands of the man she hated . Thus encouraged , she told him all her story , and of the arrival of a young stranger in her father 's palace , whose looks had so charmed her that since that day she had thought of no one else . At these words the Prince could contain himself no longer . He took the pebble from his mouth , and flung himself at Rosalie 's feet . When they had got over the first rapture of meeting they began to make plans to escape from the power of the Prince of the Air .
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