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After that he took the shoes and stockings out of the closet and brought them to Ludovine, who, directly she had put them on, became a woman all over. When she was quite dressed in her white silk stockings and little blue slippers dotted over with carbuncles, she said to her deliverer, 'Now you must go away, and never come back here, whatever happens. Here is a purse with two hundred ducats.
'My name is Ludovine, and I am the daughter of the King of the Low Countries. Deliver me, and I will marry you and make you happy for ever after. Now, some people might not have liked the notion of being made happy by a serpent with the head of a woman, but the Kinglet had no such fears.
The next day, when he got up, he saw that all the houses were wreathed with flowers and covered with flags, and all the church bells were ringing. The little soldier inquired the meaning of all this noise, and was told that the Princess Ludovine, the King's beautiful daughter, had been found, and was about to make her triumphal entry.
'After all, he said to himself, 'what does it matter telling her the secret, as long as I don't give her the cloak. And he told her the virtue of the red mantle. 'Oh dear, how tired I am! sighed Ludovine. 'Don't you think we had better take a nap? And then we can talk over our plans. She stretched herself on the grass, and the Kinglet did the same.
When he got to the closet, he opened it, took down the tunic, and brought it to the first room. 'Here it is, he panted, rather out of breath. 'Clic! once more the flames parted. Ludovine was a woman down to her waist. She took the tunic and put it on. It was a magnificent tunic of orange velvet, embroidered in pearls, but the pearls were not so white as her own neck.
'That will just suit me, thought the Kinglet; 'I will stand at the door and see if she knows me. He had scarcely time to dress himself when the golden coach of Ludovine went by. She had a crown of gold upon her head, and the King and Queen sat by her side. By accident her eyes fell upon the little soldier, and she grew pale and turned away her head.
This time Ludovine thought to herself that when once the horns had departed, she would call her attendants and take the things from the doctor by force. She was greatly pleased with this idea, when suddenly the pretended physician wrapped himself in the cloak, flung away the wig and spectacles, and showed to the traitress the face of the Little Soldier. She stood before him dumb with fright.
'Here they are, said the Kinglet, delighted with this change of tone, and he drew them from his bosom. Ludovine fastened one in his buttonhole and the other round his arm. 'Now, she said, 'you are my lord and master, and I will marry you at your good pleasure. 'You are kinder than I thought, said John; 'and you shall never be unhappy, for I love you.
He drove twice round the city, throwing money to the right and left, and the third time, as he passed under the palace windows, he saw Ludovine lift a corner of the curtain and peep out. The next day no one talked of anything but the rich lord who had distributed money as he drove along.
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