`` Well to be sure , '' said the Princess , `` that 's how you amuse yourselves , is it ? Looking at strangers out of the window ! Be quick and give me my blue satin embroidered dress , and comb out my golden hair . Let somebody make me fresh garlands of flowers , and give me my high-heeled shoes and my fan , and tell them to sweep my great hall and my throne , for I want everyone to say I am really ` Pretty Goldilocks . ' '' You can imagine how all her maids scurried this way and that to make the Princess ready , and how in their haste they knocked their heads together and hindered each other , till she thought they would never have done . However , at last they led her into the gallery of mirrors that she might assure herself that nothing was lacking in her appearance , and then she mounted her throne of gold , ebony , and ivory , while her ladies took their guitars and began to sing softly . Then Charming was led in , and was so struck with astonishment and admiration that at first not a word could he say . But presently he took courage and delivered his harangue , bravely ending by begging the Princess to spare him the disappointment of going back without her . `` Sir Charming , '' answered she , `` all the reasons you have given me are very good ones , and I assure you that I should have more pleasure in obliging you than anyone else , but you must know that a month ago as I was walking by the river with my ladies I took off my glove , and as I did so a ring that I was wearing slipped off my finger and rolled into the water . As I valued it more than my kingdom , you may imagine how vexed I was at losing it , and I vowed to never listen to any proposal of marriage unless the ambassador first brought me back my ring . So now you know what is expected of you , for if you talked for fifteen days and fifteen nights you could not make me change my mind . '' Charming was very much surprised by this answer , but he bowed low to the Princess , and begged her to accept the embroidered scarf and the tiny dog he had brought with him . But she answered that she did not want any presents , and that he was to remember what she had just told him . When he got back to his lodging he went to bed without eating any supper , and his little dog , who was called Frisk , could n't eat any either , but came and lay down close to him . All night Charming sighed and lamented . `` How am I to find a ring that fell into the river a month ago ? '' said he . `` It is useless to try ; the Princess must have told me to do it on purpose , knowing it was impossible . '' And then he sighed again . Frisk heard him and said : `` My dear master , do n't despair ; the luck may change , you are too good not to be happy .
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