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appeased, and to inflict a judgment upon them
more for the sake of example than severity: he
imprisoned the Queen-Mother in a tower, but
for the admiral's wife and Feintise, they threw
them together into a dark loathsome dungeon,
where they fed with the three dogs called
Chagrin, Mouron, and Douleur; and as they
no longer saw their good mistress, they bit

those they were with every instant. In this
dungeon they ended their days, which were
sufficiently protracted to give them time to
repent of all their crimes.
As soon as the Queen-Mother, the admiral's
wife, and Feintise, were led away to the
several places appointed for them by the King,

the musicians began to sing and to play. The
joy was unequalled; Belle-Etoile and Cheri felt
more than everybody besides; they knew they
were on the eve of being made happy. In short,
the King, who thought his nephew the
handsomest and most accomplished man at
Court, told him he could not let such a grand
day pass without a wedding, and that he
presented him with his daughter. The Prince,

transported with joy, threw himself at his feet,
and Belle-Etoile was equally delighted._

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