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"Well, yes, but--"
"Then it is decided And, of course, you will make the journey across the ocean every few years so that I reat-nephew" Tante Cristelle nodded with satisfaction at having ordered everything and left the roo the door softly behind her
E her
"Will it be all right?" he asked "Leaving all this behind? Meeting new people? Living in a new country, one not quite as sophisticated as this?"
"It doesn’t reallyas I’h, I plan to set a new standard for sophistication and wit in Boston After all, no one there has been to one of rinned at her then, a wide happy smile that with all his bruises made him look like a pirate "They won’t knohat hit them, will they?"
Emeline mock frowned, but then she drew Samuel’s head back down to hers so that she could kiss him Sweetly, happily And as she did, she ainst his lips
"I love you"
Epilogue
"I love you"
As Iron Heart’s words left his lips, there came a scream from the wicked wizard
"No! No! No! It cannot be!" The terrible little an to shoot fro years to steal your iron heart and th mine! Had you ever spoken in those seven years, I would’ve won it, and you and your ould be damned to hell It isn’t fair!"
And the wicked wizard spun in a circle, enraged that his spell was forfeited He spun, faster and faster, until sparks flew fro body, until black sround quaked beneath him, and then, BANG! he was suddenly sed by the earth! But the white dove upon his wrist flew up as he vanished, the golden chain broken, and when the bird alit, it turned instantly into a squalling baby--Iron Heart’s son
And then what rejoicing there was in the Shining City! The people cheered and danced in the streets with happiness at the restoration of their prince
But what of Iron Heart and his cracked heart? Princess Solace looked down at her husband, held still in her arms, afraid that he was already dead, only to find hi a princess can do in such a case: she kissed hi City are of the opinion to this day that Iron Heart’s heart healed when the wicked wizard’s spell was broken, I myself am not so sure It seems to me that it must have been Princess Solace’s love that revived him
For what else can mend a broken heart but true love?