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while the other followed carrying her train.
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She was radiant with perfect beauty, and she looked happy, as if beloved, but her heart was frozen with fear.
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When she had gone through all the doors, she stood before the king. He was seated on his royal throne, clothed in the full array of his majesty, all covered with gold and precious stones. And he was most terrifying.
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Lifting his face, flushed with splendor, he looked at her in fierce anger. And the queen faltered, and turned pale and faint, and collapsed upon the head of the maid who went before her.