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 came a high and mighty seigneur into the midst of all this poverty. And he took the girl in his arms—as you did—and travelled far, far away with her

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Was she so anxious to be with him?

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Yes, for she was stupid, you see.

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And he, no doubt, was a brilliant and beautiful personage?

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Oh no, he wasn't so superlatively beautiful either. But he pretended that he would take her with him to the top of the highest of mountains, where there were light and sunshine without end.

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So he was a mountaineer, was he, that man?

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Yes, he was—in his way.

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And then he took the girl up with him?

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[With a toss of the head.] Took her up with him finely, you may be sure! Oh no! he beguiled her into a cold, clammy cage, where—as it seemed to her—there was neither sunlight