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           TheKing’ssonwasalwaysbyher,andneverceasedhiscomplimentsandamorousspeechestoher;towhomallthiswassofarfrombeingtiresome, thatshequiteforgotwhathergodmotherhadrecommendedtoher,sothatshe,atlast,countedtheclockstrikingtwelve,whenshetookittobenomorethaneleven; shethenroseup,andfledasnimbleasadeer. 

           ThePrincefollowed,butcouldnotovertakeher. Sheleftbehindoneofherglassslippers,whichthePrincetookupmostcarefully. Shegothome,butquiteoutofbreath, withoutcoachorfootmen, andinhernastyoldcloaths,havingnothingleftherofallherfinery,butoneofthelittleslippers,fellowtothatshedropped. TheguardsatthepalacegatewereaskediftheyhadnotseenaPrincessgoout; whosaid,theyhadseennobodygoout,butayounggirl,verymeanlydressed,andwhohadmoretheairofapoorcountrywench,thanagentle-woman. 

           Whenthetwosistersreturnedfromtheball,Cinderillaaskedthemiftheyhadbeenwelldiverted,andifthefineladyhadbeenthere. Theytoldher,Yes,butthatshehurriedawayimmediatelywhenitstrucktwelve, andwithsomuchhaste,thatshedroppedoneofherlittleglassslippers,theprettiestintheworld, andwhichtheKing’ssonhadtakenup;thathehaddonenothingbutlookatitduringallthelatterpartoftheball, andthatmostcertainlyhewasverymuchinlovewiththebeautifulpersonwhoownedthelittleslipper.