Page 35 - Sweet Diamond Pie
P. 35
Monterotondo, where she went
straight to the royal palace, and
begged for the love of Heaven a little
shelter in the stable, because she was
pregnant and the time of delivery was
coming. So the ladies of the court
ordered a small room to be given her
on the mezzanine floor; and while
poor Betta was there she saw Sweet
Diamond Pie pass by, whereat her joy
was so great that she was on the point
of slipping down from the tree of life.
