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he Princes returned from the chase,
one brought a young wild boar, another a
hare, and the third a stag; they laid all the spoil

at their sister's feet, but she looked upon this
homage with a sort of disdain, she was
engrossed by the advice of Feintise. Her
anxiety about it was even apparent, and Cheri,
who had no other occupation than studying
her humour, was not a quarter-of-an-hour in
her company, without remarking it. "What is
the matter, my dear Etoile?" said he; "the
country we are in is not perhaps to your liking.

If such is the case, let us depart immediately;
or perhaps our equipage is not grand enough,
the furniture not sufficiently ______

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