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to tell him not to expose himself to the
dangers of the luminous forest. He kissed
Belle-Etoile's writing; he sighed more than
once, and hastened to return to her, to relieve
her from further anxiety.
On his arrival, he found her seated under
some trees, where she had abandoned herself
to her sorrow. When she saw him at her feet,

she knew not how to welcome him: she
wanted to scold him for acting contrary to her
orders; she wished to thank him for the
charming present he had made her: in fine,
her affection prevailed. She embraced her dear
brother, and her reproaches were not very
severe.

The old Feintise, who was always on the
watch, knew by her spies that Cheri had
returned, handsomer than he was before he
went away; and that the Princess, having
washed her face with the dancing water, had
become so excessively lovely, one could
scarcely look at her without dying half-a-
dozen deaths.
Feintise was much astonished and much

afflicted, for she had made up her mind that
the Prince would perish in so great an
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