I intend you to behave prettily to her . So now go and make yourself fit to be seen , as I am going to take you to visit her . ' So the Princess went very sorrowfully to her own room , and her nurse , seeing her tears , asked what was vexing her . ` Alas ! who would not be vexed ? ' answered she , ` for the King intends to marry again , and has chosen for his new bride my enemy , the hideous Duchess Grumbly . ' ` Oh , well ! ' answered the nurse , ` you must remember that you are a Princess , and are expected to set a good example in making the best of whatever happens . You must promise me not to let the Duchess see how much you dislike her . ' At first the Princess would not promise , but the nurse showed her so many good reasons for it that in the end she agreed to be amiable to her step-mother . Then the nurse dressed her in a robe of pale green and gold brocade , and combed out her long fair hair till it floated round her like a golden mantle , and put on her head a crown of roses and jasmine with emerald leaves . When she was ready nobody could have been prettier , but she still could not help looking sad . Meanwhile the Duchess Grumbly was also occupied in attiring herself . She had one of her shoe heels made an inch or so higher than the other , that she might not limp so much , and put in a cunningly made glass eye in the place of the one she had lost . She dyed her red hair black , and painted her face . Then she put on a gorgeous robe of lilac satin lined with blue , and a yellow petticoat trimmed with violet ribbons , and because she had heard that queens always rode into their new dominions , she ordered a horse to be made ready for her to ride . While Graciosa was waiting until the King should be ready to set out , she went down all alone through the garden into a little wood , where she sat down upon a mossy bank and began to think . And her thoughts were so doleful that very soon she began to cry , and she cried , and cried , and forgot all about going back to the palace , until she suddenly saw a handsome page standing before her . He was dressed in green , and the cap which he held in his hand was adorned with white plumes . When Graciosa looked at him he went down on one knee , and said to her : ` Princess , the King awaits you . '
The Princess was surprised , and , if the truth must be told , very much delighted XXXXX the appearance of this charming page , whom she could not remember to have seen before .
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