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 Then Silvio said to the Princess, "Whom is it that you love?" And she said, "Silvio." So they kissed each other. And the King, seeing them from his window, said, "Let him marry her, for he is a greater man than I." So they were married, and lived happily ever afterwards, walking in the garden together, hand-in-hand.

This is the story which the eldest Vanderdecken girl read aloud underneath the Umbrella Tree. And they said, "Now read us another." But Diana, who had never had a story read to her before, said, "I'm glad they were together again."