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The Tapestry Room

CHAPTER X
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'I thought no mortal weapon had power to hurt you.

That has been my only consolation through these lonely days of waiting.' "'You are right,' replied the Prince; 'as a bull nothing can injure me, but in my own form I am in no way magically preserved.

All day long I have been chased by hunters, who saw in me, I suppose, a valuable prize.
I was terrified of the hour of sunset arriving and finding me far from home.

I used my utmost endeavour to reach this in time, but, alas! I was overcome with fatigue, from which no spell protects me.

At the entrance to these gardens I saw the sun disappear, and I fell exhausted, just as an arrow struck my right arm at the moment of my transformation.


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