said everybody . ` What material ! What colours ! It is a gorgeous suit ! ' ` They are waiting outside with the canopy which your Majesty is wont to have borne over you in the procession , ' announced the Master of the Ceremonies . ` Look , I am ready , ' said the Emperor . ` Does n't it sit well ! ' And he turned himself again to the mirror to see if his finery was on all right . The chamberlains who were used to carry the train put their hands near the floor as if they were lifting up the train ; then they did as if they were holding something in the air . They would not have it noticed that they could see nothing . So the Emperor went along in the procession under the splendid canopy , and all the people in the streets and at the windows said , ` How matchless are the Emperor 's new clothes ! That train fastened to his dress , how beautifully it hangs ! ' No one wished it to be noticed that he could see nothing , for then he would have been unfit for his office , or else very stupid . None of the Emperor 's clothes had met with such approval as these had . ` But he has nothing on ! ' said a little child at last . ` Just listen to the innocent child ! ' said the father , and each one whispered to his neighbour what the child had said . ` But he has nothing on ! ' the whole of the people called out at last .
This struck the Emperor , XXXXX it seemed to him as if they were right ; but he thought to himself , ' I must go on with the procession now .
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