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aughter,' said the merchant,
embracing Beauty, 'I am nearly dead
with fright. Let me be the one to
stay here!'
'No, father,' said Beauty, firmly,
'you must go to-morrow morning, and leave me
to the mercy of Heaven. Perhaps pity will be
taken on me.'
They retired to rest, thinking they would not
sleep at all during the night, but they were hardly
in bed before their eyes were closed in sleep. In
her dreams there appeared to Beauty a lady, who
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