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"A good suggestion in sooth," answered the Emperor, smiling, "and yet who is there among us that has skill enough in bell-craft to do the task you propose?
Once inside, however, the gate gave me considerable trouble, but I finally was rewarded by seeing it swing upon its huge hinges, and soon my fierce escort was riding across the gardens of the jeddak of Zodanga.
The softest of silks, bright with flowers--so lovely that she fancied they must have been taken from the garden of the gods--were ready to slip on her little body.
"Fiasco's done you this time," remarked Freddy, not seeing that his sister's face was very red.
