She was more frightful than tongue can tell ; her hair was red as fire , and she had but one eye , and that not a pretty one ! Her face was as broad as a full moon , and her mouth was so large that everybody who met her would have been afraid they were going to be eaten up , only she had no teeth . As she was as cross as she was ugly , she could not bear to hear everyone saying how pretty and how charming Graciosa was ; so she presently went away from the court to her own castle , which was not far off . But if anybody who went to see her happened to mention the charming Princess , she would cry angrily : ` It 's not true that she is lovely . I have more beauty in my little finger than she has in her whole body . ' Soon after this , to the great grief of the Princess , the Queen was taken ill and died , and the King became so melancholy that for a whole year he shut himself up in his palace . At last his physicians , fearing that he would fall ill , ordered that he should go out and amuse himself ; so a hunting party was arranged , but as it was very hot weather the King soon got tired , and said he would dismount and rest at a castle which they were passing . This happened to be the Duchess Grumbly 's castle , and when she heard that the King was coming she went out to meet him , and said that the cellar was the coolest place in the whole castle if he would condescend to come down into it . So down they went together , and the King seeing about two hundred great casks ranged side by side , asked if it was only for herself that she had this immense store of wine . ` Yes , sire , ' answered she , ` it is for myself alone , but I shall be most happy to let you taste some of it . Which do you like , canary , St. Julien , champagne , hermitage sack , raisin , or cider ? ' ` Well , ' said the King , ` since you are so kind as to ask me , I prefer champagne to anything else . ' Then Duchess Grumbly took up a little hammer and tapped upon the cask twice , and out came at least a thousand crowns . ` What 's the meaning of this ? ' said she smiling . Then she tapped the next cask , and out came a bushel of gold pieces . ' I do n't understand this at all , ' said the Duchess , smiling more than before . Then she went on to the third cask , tap , tap , and out came such a stream of diamonds and pearls that the ground was covered with them . ` Ah ! ' she cried , ` this is altogether beyond my comprehension , sire .
Someone must have stolen my good wine and put all this rubbish XXXXX its place . '
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