You tremble! said the princess, as the shadow came into her chamber. Has anything happened? You must not be unwell this evening, now that we are to have our nuptials celebrated.
I have lived to see the most cruel thing that anyone can live to see! said the shadow. Only imagineyes, it is true, such a poor shadow-skull cannot bear muchonly think, my shadow has become mad; he thinks that he is a man, and that Inow only thinkthat I am his shadow!
It is terrible! said the princess; but he is confined, is he not?
That he is. I am afraid that he will never recover.
Poor shadow! said the princess. He is very unfortunate; it would be a real work of charity to deliver him from the little life he has, and, when I think properly over the matter, I am of opinion that it will be necessary to do away with him in all stillness!
It is certainly hard, said the shadow, for he was a faithful servant! and then he gave a sort of sigh.
You are a noble character! said the princess.
The whole city was illuminated in the evening, and the cannons went off with a bum! bum! and the soldiers presented arms. That was a marriage! The princess and the shadow went out on the balcony to show themselves, and get another hurrah!
The learned man heard nothing of all thisfor they had deprived him of life.
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