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should be brought thither with

their hands tied behind them.

They were brought out

accordingly, and the

executioners were just going to

throw them into the tub, when

the king (who was not so soon

expected) entered the court on

horseback (for he came post)

and asked, with the utmost

astonishment, what was the

meaning of that horrible

spectacle.

No one dared to tell him,

when the ogress, all enraged to

see what had happened, threw

herself head foremost into the

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