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he brothers and their sister having
left Marmiato the miller and Gordiana, they
all wandered about for some days, and at
last came by chance to Provino, the city of
Ancilotto their father, where they hired a

house and lived together, maintaining
themselves by selling the jewels which still
fell out of their hair. One day the king, who
was riding into the country with some of his
courtiers, chanced to pass the house where
the three were living, and they, as soon as
they heard the king was coming, ran down
the steps and stood bareheaded to give him
a respectful salutation. They had never seen

Ancilotto, so his face was unknown to
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