"What purpose will it answer to tell you?"
"If they appear to me less horrid than I conjecture, perhaps—I do not know——"
Then the princess, frightened at what she had said, put her hand over her eyes and exclaimed,—
"No, no, leave me—go—and never more return. I will never see you again! Begone!"
"Forgive me, godmother!"
"No, begone, I tell you!"
"Well, then, I will tell you by what means."
And Iris lowered her voice, awaiting with anxiety another order to go.
Paula remained silent.
Iris continued,—