we never saw you . ' ' I hid myself , ' replied the Star Gazer quietly . The Princess was silent a moment , and then said : ` You know our secret ! -- keep it . Here is the reward of your discretion . ' And she flung the boy a purse of gold . ' I do not sell my silence , ' answered Michael , and he went away without picking up the purse . For three nights Lina neither saw nor heard anything extraordinary ; on the fourth she heard a rustling among the diamond-spangled leaves of the wood . That day there was a branch of the trees in her bouquet . She took the Star Gazer aside , and said to him in a harsh voice : ` You know what price my father has promised to pay for our secret ? ' ' I know , Princess , ' answered Michael . ` Do n't you mean to tell him ? ' ` That is not my intention . ' ` Are you afraid ? ' ` No , Princess . ' ` What makes you so discreet , then ? ' But Michael was silent . XII Lina 's sisters had seen her talking to the little garden boy , and jeered at her for it . ` What prevents your marrying him ? ' asked the eldest , ` you would become a gardener too ; it is a charming profession .
You could live in a cottage at the end XXXXX the park , and help your husband to draw up water from the well , and when we get up you could bring us our bouquets . '
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