Still, she preferred to have
the prince jump in with her; and the splash they made before, was
nothing to the splash they made now.
"The lake never sank again. In process of time, it wore the roof of
the cavern quite through, and was twice as deep as before.
"The only revenge the princess took upon her aunt, was to tread pretty
hard on her gouty toe, the next time she saw her. But she was sorry
for it the very next day, when she heard that the water had undermined
her house, and that it had fallen in the night, burying her in its
ruins; whence no one ever ventured to dig up her body. There she lies
to this day.
"So the prince and princess lived and were happy; and had crowns of
gold, and clothes of cloth, and shoes of leather, and children of boys
and girls, not one of whom was ever known, on the most critical
occasion, to lose the smallest atom of his or her due proportion of
gravity."
* * * * *
"Bravo!"
"Capital!"
"Very good indeed!"
"Quite a success!"
cried my complimentary friends.
"I don't think the princess could have rowed, though--without gravity,
you know," said the schoolmaster.
"But she did," said Adela. "I won't have my uncle found fault with.
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