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 such impudence in my life! Lend you my yellow dress, indeed—I like that! Besides, it would be an insult to such a grand company to have a wretched Cinderslut among them at the ball. The Princess would never speak to us again.”

Cinderella made no reply—and, to tell the truth, she was delighted by Euphronia’s refusal to lend her the gown. If she had it, she would not have known what to do with it.

The next day the sisters slept very late, and even Cinderella did not rise till past her usual hour. When breakfast was over, another scene of excitement began, for the sisters had to dress themselves for the second ball, and both of them wanted their dresses altered as