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 Then the old godmother spoke, and her voice was very stern and hard.

“Proud and cruel girls,” she said, “look upon the sister whom you have despised and have used so spite­ fully. She is the daughter of the house, but you robbed her of all the joy that should have been hers. Now she shall be the greatest lady in the land, and you shall creep to her feet for forgiveness.”

And that is just what the stepsisters did, weeping and