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 beauty that he forgot all else, and, handing her down from the carriage, escorted her into the ballroom on his arm.

And now what a sight met Cinderella’s eyes! Many a time since the invitation to the ball had come, she had tried to picture the splendours of the scene, but the reality was even more wonderful than her dreams.

The great hall was lighted by a thousand candles set in chandeliers of cut glass that shimmered and sparkled with all the hues of the rainbow. The room was so big that one could hardly see the end of it, and the floor was