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The Goose Girl

CHAPTER VII
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I'll put you in snugly.

You will probably have to wait for his excellency.

But you'll have me for company till he appears." Grumbach entered the palace with a brave heart and a steady mind.
* * * * * The grand duke had a warm place in his heart for the diplomatic corps.
He liked to see them gathered round his table, their uniforms glittering with orders and decorations.

It was always a night of wits; and he sprang a hundred traps for comedy's sake, but these astonishing linguists seldom if ever blundered into one of them.

They were eternally vigilant.


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