As the King and the Prince had to stay in prison , they sent a letter to the Princess telling her to pack up all her treasures as quickly as possible , and come to them , as the King of the Peacocks was waiting to marry her ; but they did not say that they were in prison , for fear of making her uneasy . When Rosette received the letter she was so delighted that she ran about telling everyone that the King of the Peacocks was found , and she was going to marry him . Guns were fired , and fireworks let off . Everyone had as many cakes and sweetmeats as he wanted . And for three days everybody who came to see the Princess was presented with a slice of bread-and-jam , a nightingale 's egg , and some hippocras . After having thus entertained her friends , she distributed her dolls among them , and left her brother 's kingdom to the care of the wisest old men of the city , telling them to take charge of everything , not to spend any money , but save it all up until the King should return , and above all , not to forget to feed her peacock . Then she set out , only taking with her her nurse , and the nurse 's daughter , and the little green dog Frisk . They took a boat and put out to sea , carrying with them the bushel of gold pieces , and enough dresses to last the Princess ten years if she wore two every day , and they did nothing but laugh and sing . The nurse asked the boatman : ` Can you take us , can you take us to the kingdom of the peacocks ? ' But he answered : ` Oh no ! oh no ! ' Then she said : ` You must take us , you must take us . ' And he answered : ` Very soon , very soon . ' Then the nurse said : ` Will you take us ? will you take us ? ' And the boatman answered : ` Yes , yes . ' Then she whispered in his ear : ` Do you want to make your fortune ? ' And he said : ` Certainly I do . ' ' I can tell you how to get a bag of gold , ' said she . ' I ask nothing better , ' said the boatman .
` Well , ' said the nurse , ` to-night , when the Princess is asleep , you must help me XXXXX throw her into the sea , and when she is drowned I will put her beautiful clothes upon my daughter , and we will take her to the King of the Peacocks , who will be only too glad to marry her , and as your reward you shall have your boat full of diamonds . '
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