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As soon as the trapdoor was closed, Catarina ran
to her father:
- Father, father, I really need your help now. Get
me a brigantine ready to sail, servants and a
housekeeper and a supply of fancy gowns, and
send them all to Naples. Rent me a palace that
faces the royal palace, and wait for me there.
Her father loaded the brigantine and sent it off. In
the meantime, the prince had prepared a fine
frigate and sailed away on it. When Catarina saw
the prince depart from her father’s balcony, she
got on another brigantineand arrived in Naples
before he did. Small boats travel faster than large
ones.
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