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 fetch her a ring to go on her little finger—a ring cut out of a single diamond. Then they flew from off the rim of the nest. Golden Hood had just put the spicewood upon the fire, and now she stood upon the stool and watched out through one of the windows. She saw the eagles sweeping away. They flew swiftly out of sight; the maiden was left with nothing near her; all alone in the high, iron-hooped nest was she, within the seven doors that were tightly closed.