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 of the marble basin of one of them he could see the goldfish beneath the water-lily leaves lying still, with never a wave of the tail or flicker of fin.

So he went on over the lawns and terraces and never a waking thing did he see, but when he came to the court- yard he saw a soldier standing there, leaning on his pike with his head bent upon his chest. At first the Prince