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- Not at all. I’m thinking about the next one I’ll
be giving you.
Once the craftsmen had completed the tunnel
with arches and lanterns every twenty feet,
Catarina would wait until the prince closed the
trapdoor and then go to her father’s house.
After a few days the prince grew frustrated with
this game. He opened the trapdoor and called
down:
- Catarina, I’ve decided to go to Naples. Do you
have anything to say to me?
- Have a nice trip, and don’t forget to write. And
by the way, you know that old saying, See Naples
and die? Please don’t take it literally!
- So then, I should leave?
- I can’t believe that you’re still here.
And so the prince departed.

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