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Chapter 5

           Theysaid,inthefirstplace,thatnothingparticularhadhappenedsinceherdeparture;thattheprincehadbeen,andthatAglayahadkepthimwaitingalongwhilebeforesheappearedhalfanhour,atleast;thatshehadthencomein,andimmediatelyaskedtheprincetohaveagameofchess;thattheprincedidnotknowthegame,andAglayahadbeatenhimeasily;thatshehadbeeninawonderfullymerrymood,andhadlaughedattheprince,andchaffedhimsounmercifullythatonewasquitesorrytoseehiswretchedexpression.

           Shehadthenaskedhimtoplaycardsthegamecalled“littlefools.”Atthisgamethetableswereturnedcompletely,fortheprincehadshownhimselfamasteratit.Aglayahadcheatedandchangedcards,andstolenothers,inthemostbare-facedway,but,inspiteofeverythingtheprincehadbeatenherhopelesslyfivetimesrunning,andshehadbeenleft“littlefool”eachtime.

           Aglayathenlosthertemper,andbegantosaysuchawfulthingstotheprincethathelaughednomore,butgrewdreadfullypale,especiallywhenshesaidthatsheshouldnotremaininthehousewithhim,andthatheoughttobeashamedofcomingtotheirhouseatall,especiallyatnight,“afterallthathadhappened.”

           Sosaying,shehadlefttheroom,bangingthedoorafterher,andtheprincewentoff,lookingasthoughhewereonhiswaytoafuneral,inspiteofalltheirattemptsatconsolation.

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