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buildings which surround it. Let us go inside, if
you don't mind."
The marquis gave his hand to the princess, and
followed the king, who went first. They passed
into a spacious hall, where they found a
magnificent feast, which the ogre had prepared
for his friends, who were coming to visit him that
very day, but dared not to enter, knowing the
king was there.
His majesty was perfectly charmed with the
good qualities of my Lord Marquis of Carabas, as
was his daughter, who had fallen violently in love
with him, and, seeing the vast estate he
possessed, said to him, after having drunk five or
six glasses, "It will be your own fault, my Lord
Marquis, if you do not become my son-in-law."
The marquis, making several low bows,
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