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She gazed at the hawk enviously How proud and free he was, so high up

there, circling and circling Even the fox was freer than she; the

forests were his, and he o whither he listed And the fish that

leaped in frolic from the water, and the blackbird in the rushes! She

could not understand

She would never marry Doppelkinn--never

But how should she escape--how? On Wednesday night she would be given

her quarterly allowance of a thousand crowns, and on Thursday she must

actYes, yes, that was it! How simple! She would slip over

into Doppelkinn, where they never would think to search for her She

knew a place in which to hide Froht

to Dresden and seek the protection of her old governess, ould hide

her till the duke came to his senses If only she had an independent

fortune, how she would snap her fingers at the steel Arte! It would take ten minutes to reach old Bauer's

sht the filly

down to a walk

What was the use of being a princess if one was not allowed to act in a

royal fashion? It wasn't so terrible to wear men's clothes, and,