"Alas!" said the little Judge. "Poor soul, did you know no better?"
When the Prince heard that a great sob burst from him, and he fell on his face before the judgment seat, and his fetters clanged loud on the stone.
Oh! then came little feet pattering down the steps, and little hands lifted him, and he rose to his feet; but the chains lay where they fell.
"Come, Brother!" said the little Judge. "We will go back, and begin again together!"
THE BLIND CHILD
"Mother," said the blind child, "what a pity it is that everybody in this village, except you, is so ugly!"