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 there, old woman! How is it you're not at the party? Wake up!

. Let her alone. She don't trouble you.

. The Prince forgot to invite her. Maybe he didn't know she was here. You ought to have told him who you were. "I am as good as you are, your Highness. I was a queen once. They still call me Majestá!"

. [Laughing] Ha, ha, ha! Majestá!

. Dogs!

. Let her alone, can't you? Don't mind them, Majestá.

. I? I don't see them or hear them. They are all far away.

. Is she out of her head?

. No, but by this time… Don't you see? It's the wine.

. It's true, though, what she says. Take it from me. We've had people here who know. She was handsome once, and she was loved by a king. She had horses and diamonds and palaces.

. Palaces? Lies!

. She must have changed a lot; she must have grown old. It isn't possible! I don't believe it.

. But when you look at her close…

. Come, tell us the story. What king was it, eh? Where were those palaces?

. Come on, old woman! Give us the story. He was a king, was he? Palaces? They were lies!

. Let her alone, damn you!

. Fools! Dogs! What have I to say to you? Can you see, except with your eyes? You cannot understand. Look at me. Well, I was beautiful once, and pictures of my face and models of my form adorn palaces and