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Article THE DWARFS' TAILOR, BY APPOINTMENT. ← Page 10 of 14 →
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The Dwarfs' Tailor, By Appointment.
their ears ; after passing numerous doors the dwarf opened one nearly at the end of the corridor , and bidding the tailor enter , closed it after him . The marvellous occurrences of the day had in no slight degree confused the wanderer's head , and now , left to himself , he hardly dared to look around from the fear of
encountering something new and hideous . As , however , his courage returned , he observed that his chamber , though only hewed out of the stone , was far prettier and more tastefully arranged than his sleeping apartment in Master Caspar ' s house . The bed certainly appeared to him something wonderful , for it was arranged in a large petrified
muscleshell . Nevertheless the pillow and covering were fine and soft , so , not forgetting his evening prayer , he hastened to take possession of it . It must be admitted that Philip's first thoughts were of Cousin Rose , and that the reflection that he was so nigh , and yet perhaps removed from her for ever , oppressed his spirit , but the music , which still continued to play , gradually calmed his troubled thoughts , or rather conjured around him a crowd of merry joyful faces which danced about him
until he fell asleep . How long he slept he knew not , but it seemed to him that after several hours he felt himself shaken by the arm , and on opening his eyes there stood before him his guide of yesterday evening beckoning to him to rise . The poor tailor , whose spirit sank upon calling to mind his transformation and all that had befallen him , arose
with a sigh and followed the dwarf forth into the corridor , where the soft tones were now no longer to be heard , but music of a quicker and more inspiriting character , which evidently proceeded from the apartments they had traversed the night before . The other five dwarfs met them at the point where they had separated the previous eveningand
, they then all pursued their way through other halls than those from which the sound of the music proceeded , but which were brilliantly lighted . The six little men cast their troubled looks on the ground , but Philip directed his eyes around , and saw occasionally a little door open , at which a male or female dwarf appearedclad in the most sumptuous
, manner in gold embroidered robes , but who instantl y vanished at the sight of the sorrowful procession . They now had reached the large hall with the rose-coloured and white pillars , one of the party sounded the horn , the stair-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Dwarfs' Tailor, By Appointment.
their ears ; after passing numerous doors the dwarf opened one nearly at the end of the corridor , and bidding the tailor enter , closed it after him . The marvellous occurrences of the day had in no slight degree confused the wanderer's head , and now , left to himself , he hardly dared to look around from the fear of
encountering something new and hideous . As , however , his courage returned , he observed that his chamber , though only hewed out of the stone , was far prettier and more tastefully arranged than his sleeping apartment in Master Caspar ' s house . The bed certainly appeared to him something wonderful , for it was arranged in a large petrified
muscleshell . Nevertheless the pillow and covering were fine and soft , so , not forgetting his evening prayer , he hastened to take possession of it . It must be admitted that Philip's first thoughts were of Cousin Rose , and that the reflection that he was so nigh , and yet perhaps removed from her for ever , oppressed his spirit , but the music , which still continued to play , gradually calmed his troubled thoughts , or rather conjured around him a crowd of merry joyful faces which danced about him
until he fell asleep . How long he slept he knew not , but it seemed to him that after several hours he felt himself shaken by the arm , and on opening his eyes there stood before him his guide of yesterday evening beckoning to him to rise . The poor tailor , whose spirit sank upon calling to mind his transformation and all that had befallen him , arose
with a sigh and followed the dwarf forth into the corridor , where the soft tones were now no longer to be heard , but music of a quicker and more inspiriting character , which evidently proceeded from the apartments they had traversed the night before . The other five dwarfs met them at the point where they had separated the previous eveningand
, they then all pursued their way through other halls than those from which the sound of the music proceeded , but which were brilliantly lighted . The six little men cast their troubled looks on the ground , but Philip directed his eyes around , and saw occasionally a little door open , at which a male or female dwarf appearedclad in the most sumptuous
, manner in gold embroidered robes , but who instantl y vanished at the sight of the sorrowful procession . They now had reached the large hall with the rose-coloured and white pillars , one of the party sounded the horn , the stair-