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 The lady caught cold. Though not serious she suffered. The Prince often inquired for her and at last she answered, saying:

He wrote back:

The end of the year was at hand. The first day of the Frost month seemed like a day of early spring, but the next morning it snowed. The Prince sent a poem:

She returned an answer:

Days were passed in exchanging these nothings. Again his letter:

She wrote:

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