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he little green bird that tells
everything interrupted them, to entreat Belle-
Etoile to set him free; she immediately sought

the dove to ask her advice, but she could not
find her anywhere; she told the bird that she
had suffered too much trouble and anxiety on
his account to enjoy her conquest for so short
a time. All four then mounted their horses,
leaving the emperors and kings to walk, for as
they had been there between two and three
hundred years, their horses had perished.
The Queen-Mother, relieved from all the

anxiety that the return of her lovely children
had given her, renewed her attempts to
persuade the King to marry again, and urged
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