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He inventedL a little" machine , within which hung , by a wire , a bit of lard , and it was placed near the dwelling of dame Greymouse . She was up to the snare ; but all her advice and warning * could not prevent her seven sons and numbers of her relations from falling into it . As soon
as they touched the lard , a door behind them fell , and they found themselves in a grated dungeon . Their after fate was an ignominious end , in the kitchen . Dame Greymouse and her surviving relations quitted , at last , that place of terror . Anger , despair , and a hope of revenge , possessed her soul . The court rejoiced greatly at her departure , but the queen was ill at ease ; for she knew that dame Greymouse would never forgive the death of her sons and her relations .
' But that is enough for one evening-, ' said godpapa Pivot , rising from his chair ; * to-morrow , children , I will tell you the rest / Chapter VII The History of the Hard Nut concluded . ' Now , children , * continued godpapa Pivot , * you know why the queen had the pretty little princess Pearloprice guarded so carefully . She dreaded the revenge of dame Greymouse , who had threatened to give
the princess a mortal bite . The machine of the mechanician could not prevent this , and the king's astrologer declared , that the family of the cat Tortoiseshell only was able to protect the princess from the family of Greymouse . It was on this account that each waiting lady was attended by a young scion of the noble house of Tortoiseshell ; they were appointed to the dignity of sergeants at law , and sworn in to watch the princess incessantly . 4
One night , about twelve o ' clock , a nurse awoke from sleep , and , looking around , she discovered all her companions napping ; the king ' s sergeants at law—I speak it with pain—not excepted . A deathlike silence reigned , occasionally broken by a snore . Suddenly the nurse saw a very ugly mouse , standing upon its hind legs , and regarding attentively her royal highness . She jumped up , uttering a piercing
shriek , and dame Greymouse ( for she it was ) darted into a corner . The king ' s sergeants at law pursued , but alas ! too late ; she disappeared through a hole in the floor . The princess Pearloprice , awoke by the tumult , began to squall loudly . " Thank heavens , " said the nurses and ladies in waiting , « ' she is alive V but , terrible was their fright when they looked at her and saw the transformation that had occurred . Her head
was enormously large , her body distorted , her eyes changed from azure to green , her mouth stretched from ear to ear . 4 queen nearly died of the shock , and they were obliged to hang the king ' s private cabinet with wadding ; so continually did he knock his head against the walls , exclaiming , Wretched monarch that I am !" * Without considering whether it was possible or not , his majesty ordered the mechanician , William Frederick Pivot , to re-establish the
princess in her original appearance , or , else to p erish by the axe of the executioner . * Pivot felt rather nervous about it ; nevertheless , having confidence in his skill and good fortune , he commenced operations . He did all in his power , but it was useless , she grew more and more deformed . The two months elapsed , and the king , foaming with rage , waved his sceptre , exclaiming , 4 t Pivot , cure the princess , or prepare for death to-morrow ! *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1835, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2641/page/20/
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