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216 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES
have for your wife, if
the place is a great way off."
you could win her; but
"Only tell me where it is, and I will find it,"
the prince answered.
The sister told him where he might find the
city, and the brother offered him money for his
journey. This time the prince accepted thg
money, and also the feather which the brotherin-law
offered him in parting.
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If ever you are in need of me, only heat this
feather, and I will at once come to help you,"
he said.
The prince now started upon his long journey ;
and when he came to a lonely place where he
could not be seen by anyone, he put on the mag
ical coat and shoes, and wished to be placed
near the city where the beautiful princess lived.
At once, he stood near a small house. He
entered and found two old women talking very
earnestly together. They seemed to be in
trouble.
"Why
are you
so disturbed?" he asked.
"There is to be a royal wedding in the city
they answered, looking very sad.
"But why should that make you so sad?" he
to-morrow,"
asked.
One of the old women pointed to a high cliff
across the sea. It was rainy and misty there,
and the wind was blowing, and the water was
beating up against the side of the cliff.