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he plan she had adopted with regard
to Prince Cheri, was one of the most
certain—for the dancing water was not easily

to be obtained; it was so notorious from the
misfortunes which occurred to all who sought
it, that every one knew the road to it. His
white horse went astonishingly fast, and he did
not spare it, as he was so anxious to return
quickly to Belle-Etoile, and gratify her by the
successful result of his journey. He was eight
days and nights without taking any repose but
in the woods, under the first tree he came to,

without eating anything but the wild fruit he
found in his road, scarcely allowing his horse
time to graze. At the end of this period, he
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