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'The Princess Zulieka, fairest of royal ladies, began the bird, 'had in her cradle been the subject of several enchantments. Her grandmother had been in her day But what in her day Zulieka's grandmother had been was destined never to be revealed, for Cyril and Robert suddenly burst into the room, and on each brow were the traces of deep emotion.
It was in the days of ferocity in Italy, the days of the despot and the bravo; and Thyrsis' hero was a minstrel, a mighty musician whose soul was free. And he sung in the despot's hall, and wooed the despot's daughter. This was the minstrel of "Zulieka"
'You know you'd never have been hatched at all if it hadn't been for mother wanting a carpet for us to walk on. 'You needn't have walked so much or so hard! said the bird, 'but come, dry that crystal tear, and I will relate to you the story of the Princess Zulieka, the Prince of Asia, and the magic carpet. 'Relate away, said Anthea 'I mean, please do.
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