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"Nay, not that, indeed," replied the
Queen; "for I could not be so cruel
as to tear out with my own hands
the apple of my eyes." "Alas!" said
the King, "in order to see a
brother alive, I have killed my own
children! for this was the price of
Jennariello's life!"
So saying, he showed the Queen
the little boys in the coffin; and
when she saw this sad spectacle, she
cried aloud like one mad, saying, "O
my children! you props of my life,
joys of my heart, fountains of my
blood! Who has painted red the
windows of the sun? Who has
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