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t was ten o'clock the next morning when
he rose, and he was greatly astonished to
find a new suit in place of his own, which
had been spoilt.
'This palace,' he said to himself, 'must
surely belong to some good fairy, who has taken
pity on my plight.'
He looked out of the window. The snow had
vanished, and his eyes rested instead upon
arbours of flowers—a charming spectacle. He
went back to the room where he had supped the
night before, and found there a little table with a
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