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48 After a romantic evening’s walk Ufo announced to his brother-in-law, Reginald, that the hour of separation would soon strike, and advising him to return to his parents who were in deep grief at his absence; his mother was inconsolable since it was known that, instead of going to Flanders, he had sought adventures in the enchanted forest. Reginald enquired if there were yet any enterprize to be encountered in the forest, and was informed that there remained one—to find the key of the enchantment and destroy the powerful talisman, for as long as it worked there was no deliverance for the princes:—“But,” added Ufo, the dolphin, “follow my advice, young man, and rest satisfied with the glorious deeds you have already achieved, for it is only owing to the translunarian powers, and the protection of the ladies, your sisters, that you have not fallen a victim to your audacious intrepidity in the enchanted forest. Go hence, and report to your parents all you have seen and heard and prevent, by your return, your mother from falling into an untimely grave, where grief and anxiety on your account would shortly carry her. Reginald hesitatingly promised to do so. Ufo perceived that it was but a vain promise, and that the young man was bent upon following his bold