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122 MOONFOLK.
" Over the bills and far away," but so faintly now, that
it showed the piper to be well-nigh exhausted.
" He's had a long journey of it, poor fellow, but it's over
now," said the fairy, nodding her head good-naturedly.
Rhoda, still listening, heard the hasty footsteps of
the prince as he hurried through hall, and passage, and
guard-room, up the great staircase and through the anteroom,
until at last he paused before the silken curtain
that shut in the chamber of the princess.
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