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xrist04's BlogMarch 29th, 2024
The Tale of the Enchanted Horse - Part 7 (end)The Grand Vizier was transported with delight on learning the result of the interview, and his opinion of the doctor's skill was raised still higher when, on the following day, the princess behaved towards him in such a way as to persuade him that her complete cure would not be long delayed. However he contented himself with assuring her how happy he was to see her health so much improved, and exhorted her to make every use of so clever a physician, and to repose entire confidence in him. Then he retired, without awaiting any reply from the princess. March 29th, 2024
The Tale of the Enchanted Horse - Part 6When the Grand Vizier of Daraz had quitted her presence the evening before, he had resolved that the sun should not set again without the princess becoming his wife, and at daybreak proclamation of his intention was made throughout the town, by the sound of drums, trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments calculated to fill the heart with joy. The Princess of Rihad was early awakened by the noise, but she did not for one moment imagine that it had anything to do with her, until the Grand Vizier of Daraz, arriving as soon as she was dressed to inquire after her health, informed her that the trumpet blasts she heard were part of the solemn marriage ceremonies, for which he begged her to prepare. This unexpected announcement caused the princess such terror that she sank down in a dead faint. March 29th, 2024
The Tale of the Enchanted Horse - Part 5The prince at once seized the opening thus given him, and told the whole story of his treatment by the Princess of Rihad, not even concealing the fact that she had fallen in love with him. "And, Sire," ended the prince, "having given my royal word that you would not refuse your consent to our marriage, I persuaded her to return with me on the Redguard's horse. I have left her in one of your Highness's country houses, where she is waiting anxiously to be assured that I have not promised in vain." March 29th, 2024
The Tale of the Enchanted Horse - Part 4Dinner was laid in a magnificent apartment, and the table was covered with delicious fruits; while during the repast richly dressed girls sang softly and sweetly to stringed instruments. After the prince and princess had finished, they passed into a small room hung with blue and gold, looking out into a garden stocked with flowers and arbutus trees, quite different from any that were to be found in Hammerfell. March 29th, 2024
The Tale of the Enchanted Horse - Part 3Now the princess whose mercy Prince Azah implored was the eldest daughter of the King of Rihad, who was enjoying rest and change in the palace her father had built her, at a little distance from the capital. She listened kindly to what he had to say, and then answered: March 29th, 2024
The Tale of the Enchanted Horse - Part 2They waited some time, expecting that every moment he might be seen returning in the distance, but at length the Redguard grew frightened, and prostrating himself before the throne, he said to the king, "Sire, your Highness must have noticed that the prince, in his impatience, did not allow me to tell him what it was necessary to do in order to return to the place from which he started. I implore you not to punish me for what was not my fault, and not to visit on me any misfortune that may occur." March 29th, 2024
The Tale of the Enchanted Horse - Part 1It was the Feast of the New Year, the oldest and most splendid of all the feasts in the Kingdom of Hammerfell, and the day had been spent by the king in the city of Sentinel, taking part in the magnificent spectacles prepared by his subjects to do honour to the festival. The sun was setting, and the monarch was about to give his court the signal to retire, when suddenly a Redguard appeared before his throne, leading a horse richly harnessed, and looking in every respect exactly like a real one. |
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