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Upon this he forthwith
conducted her to his chamber,
where, leaving her to embrace
her children, and cry along with
them, he went and dressed a
young hind, which the queen had
for her supper, and devoured it
with the same appetite as if it
had been the young queen.
Exceedingly was she delighted
with her cruelty, and she had
invented a story to tell the king,
at his return, how the mad
wolves had eaten up the queen
his wife and her two children.
