No sooner Were the ceremonies of the wedding over but the mother-in-law Began to show herself in her true colors. She Could not bear the good qualities of this pretty girl, and the less Because They made her own daughters Appear odious the blackberries. She employed her in the meanest work of the house: she scoured the dishes, tables, etc.., And scrubbed madam's chamber, and Those of misses, her daughters, she lay up in a sorry garret, upon a wretched straw bed, while her sisters lay in fine rooms, with floors all inlaid, upon beds of the very newest fashion, and where They HAD looking-glasses so large That They Might see Themselves at Their full length from head to foot.
The poor girl bore all Patiently, and dared not tell her father, who would have rattled her off; for His wife governed Entirely HIM. When She Had done her work, she used to go into the chimney-corner, and sit down among Cinders and ashes, 'which made her Commonly Called Cinderwench well, but the youngest, who was not so rude and uncivil as the eldest, Called her Cinderella. However, Cinderella, NOTWITHSTANDING her mean apparel, was a hundred times handsomer than her sisters, though always dressed very richly They Were.
It Happened That the King's son Gave a ball, and invited all persons of fashion to it. Our young misses were also invited, for They cut a very grand figure among the quality. They Were mightily delighted at this invitation, and wonderfully busy in choosing out Such gowns, petticoats, and head-clothes as might Become them. This was a new trouble to Cinderella, for it was she who ironed her sisters' linen, and plaited Their ruffles; They talked all day long of nothing but How They Should Be dressed.
"For my part," said the eldest, "I will wear my red velvet suit with French trimming."
"And I," said the youngest, "shall have my usual petticoat; but then, to Make Amends For That, I will put on my gold-flowered manteau, and my diamond stomacher, 'which is making from being the most ordinary one in the world. " They sent for the best tire-woman Could They get to make up Their head-dresses and adjust Their double pinners, and They HAD Their red brushes and patches from Mademoiselle de la Poche.
Cinderella was likewise Called Up To Them To Be Consulted in All These matters, for She Had excellent Notions, and advised Them always for the best, nay, her services to dress and Offered Their Heads, 'which' They were very willing she should do. As she was doing this, They said to her:
"Cinderella, would you not be glad to go to the ball?"
"Alas!" she said, "you only jeer me, it is not for Such as I am to go thither."
"Thou art in the right of it," They replied, "it would make the people laugh to see a Cinderwench at a ball."
Anyone but Cinderella would have dressed Their heads awry, but she was very good, and perfectly well dressed Them They Were Almost two days without eating, so much They Were Transported with joy. They broke above a dozen laces in trying to be laced up close, That They Might have a fine slender shape, and They Were at Their Continually looking-glass. At last the happy day Came, They went to Court, and Cinderella Followed Them with her eyes as long as she could, and when to She Had lost sight of Them, she fell a-crying.
Her godmother, who saw her all in tears, asked her what was the matter.
"I Wish I Could - I Wish I Could -" she was not Able to speak the rest, being interrupted by her tears and sobbing. This godmother of hers, who was a fairy, said to her, "Thou wishest thou couldst go to the ball, is it not so?"
"Y - es," cried Cinderella, with a great sigh.
"Well," said her godmother, "be but a good girl, and I will contrive That thou shalt go." Then she Took her into her chamber, and said to her, "Run into the garden, and bring me a pumpkin."
Immediately Cinderella went to gather the finest she Could get, and Brought it to her godmother, not being Able to imagine how this pumpkin Could make her go to the ball. Her godmother scooped out all the inside of it, HAVING left nothing but the rind; Which done, she struck it with her wand, and Instantly the pumpkin was turned into a fine coach, gilded all over with gold.
She then went to look into her mouse-trap, where she found six mice, all alive, and ordered Cinderella to lift up a little the trapdoor, when, giving Each mouse, as it went out, a little tap with her wand, the Mouse Was That moment turned into a fine horse, which effectively made Altogether a very fine set of six horses of a beautiful mouse-colored dapple-gray. Being at a loss for a coachman,
"I will go and see," says Cinderella, "if there is never a rat in the rat-trap - we may make a coachman of HIM."
"Thou art in the right," replied her godmother; "go and look."
Cinderella Brought her to the trap, and in it there Were three huge rats. The fairy made choice of one of the three Which Had the largest beard, and, HAVING HIM touched with her wand, he was turned into a fat, jolly coach-man, who Had the smartest whiskers eyes ever beheld. After That, she said to her:
"Go again into the garden, and you will find six lizards behind the watering-pot, bring them to me."
She Had no sooner done so but her godmother turned Them into six footmen, who skipped up Immediately behind the coach, With Their liveries all bedaubed with gold and silver, and clung as close behind as Each Other If They HAD done nothing else Their whole lives . The Fairy then said to Cinderella: "Well, you see here an equipage fit to go towith the ball, are you not pleased with it? "
"Oh yes," she cried, "but I must go thither as I am, In These nasty rags?"
Her godmother only just touched her with her wand, and, at the instant examination, Were her clothes turned into cloth of gold and silver, all beset with jewels. This done, she Gave her a pair of glass slippers, the prettiest in the whole world. Being Thus decked out, she got up into her coach, but her godmother, above all things, commanded her not to stay till after midnight, telling her, at The Same Time, That if she stayed one moment longer?, The coach would be to pumpkin again, her horses mice, her coachman a rat, her footmen lizards, and her clothes Become just as They Were before.
She promised her godmother she would not fail of leaving the ball before midnight, and then away she drives, scarce Able to Contain herself for joy. The King's son who was Told That a great princess, Whom nobody Knew, was like, ran out to receive her, he Gave His her hand as she alighted out of the coach, and led her into the ball, among all the company. Immediately there was a Profound silence, They left off dancing, and the violins ceased to play, so attentive was everyone referred to the singular beauties of the unknown new-comer. Nothing Heard was then but a confused noise of:
"Ha! How handsome she is! Ha! How handsome she is!"
The King Himself, old as he was, Could not help watching her, and telling the Queen softly That it was a long time since he HAD seen so beautiful and lovely creatures.
All the ladies Were Considering busied in her clothes and headdress, That They Might have some made next day after the examination pattern, provided They Could Meet with Such a view as material and Able hands to make them. The King's son Conducted her to the most honorable seat, and afterward Took her out to dance with HIM; she danced so very gracefully That They All blackberries and more Admired her. At the end of collation was served up, whereof the young prince ate not a morsel, so intently was he busied in gazing on her.
She went and sat down by her sisters, showing Them a thousand civilities, giving Them Part of the oranges and citrons Which HAD presented her with the Prince, 'which very much surprised Them, for They did not know her. Thus while Cinderella was amusing her sisters, she Heard the clock strike eleven and three-quarters, whereupon she made a courtesy Immediately to the company and Hasted away as fast as she Could.
When she got home she ran to seek out her godmother, and, after HAVING Thanked her, she said she Could not but heartily wish she might go next day to the ball, Because The King's son HAD Desired her.
As she was eagerly telling her godmother whatever HAD passed at the ball, her two sisters knocked at the door, 'which Cinderella ran and opened.
"How long you have stayed!" cried she, gaping, rubbing her eyes and stretching herself as if She Had Been just waked out of her sleep, She Had not, However, any Manner of inclination to sleep since They went from home.
"If thou hadst Been at the ball," said one of her sisters, "thou wouldst not Have Been tired with it. There Came thither the finest princess, the most beautiful ever was seen with mortal eyes; she Showed us a thousand civilities, Gave us oranges and citrons and. "
Cinderella Seemed very indifferent in the matter, indeed, she asked Them the name Of That princess, but They Told her They did not know it, and That the King's son was very uneasy on her account and would give all the world to know who she was. At this Cinderella, smiling, replied:
"She must, then, be very beautiful indeed, how happy you sono stati! Could not I see her? Oh, dear Miss Charlotte, do lend me your yellow suit of clothes you wear Which every day."
"Ay, to be sure!" cried Miss Charlotte, "lend my clothes to a dirty Cinderwench Such as thou art! I Should Be a fool." Cinderella, indeed, expected well Such answer, and was very glad of the Refusal, for she would sono stati sadly put to it if her sister HAD lent her what she asked for jestingly.
The next day the two sisters Were at the ball, and I was Cinderella, but dressed blackberries magnificently than before. The King's son was always by her, and never ceased His compliments and kind speeches to her, To Whom all this was so far from being tiresome That She quite forgot what her godmother HAD recommended to her and I know That she, at last, counted the clock striking twelve When She Took It to be no more than eleven, she then rose up and Fled, as nimble as a deer. The Prince Followed, but could not overtake her. She left behind one of her glass slippers, 'which the Prince Took up most carefully. She got home but quite out of breath, and in her nasty old clothes, HAVING nothing left her of all her finery but one of the little slippers, fellow to That She dropped. The guards at the palace gate Were Asked:
If They HAD not seen a princess go out.
Who said: They HAD seen nobody go out but a young girl, very meanly dressed, and who HAD blackberries the air of a poor country wench than a gentlewoman.
When the two sisters returned from the ball Cinderella asked them: If They HAD Been well diverted, and if the fine lady HAD been there.
They Told her: Yes, but That She hurried away Immediately When It struck twelve, and with so much haste That She dropped one of her little glass slippers, the prettiest in the world, 'which the King's son HAD taken up; That he HAD done nothing but look at her all the time at the ball, and most That Certainly he was very much in love with the beautiful person who owned the glass slipper.
What They Said was very true; for a Few Days after the King's son Caused It To Be Proclaimed, by sound of trumpet, That he would marry her Whose foot the slipper would just fit. They employed Whom he Began to try it upon the princesses, then the duchesses and all the Court, but in vain; it was Brought to the two sisters, who did all They Could Possibly to thrust Their foot into the slipper, but They Could not effect it. Cinderella, who saw all this, and Knew her slipper, said to Them, laughing:
"Let me see if it will not fit me."
Her sisters burst out a-laughing, and Began to banter her. The gentleman who was sent to try the slipper Looked earnestly at Cinderella, and, finding her very handsome, said:
That it was but just she should try, and That he HAD orders to let everyone make trial.
He obliged Cinderella to sit down, and, putting the slipper to her foot, he found it went on very raised easily, and-fitted her as if It Had Been Made of wax. The astonishment her two sisters Were in was excessively great, but still abundantly Greater When Cinderella pulled out of her pocket the other slipper, and put it on her foot. Thereupon, In Bedroo her godmother, who, with her wand HAVING touched Cinderella's clothes, made Them richer and more magnificent than any of Those She Had before.
And now her two sisters found her to be late That, beautiful lady Whom They HAD seen at the ball. They thre Themselves at her feet to beg pardon for all the ill-treatment made her undergo They HAD. Cinderella Took them up, and, as she embraced Them, cried:
Them That she forgave with all her heart, and Desired Them always to love her.
She was Conducted to the young prince, dressed as she was, he thought her blackberries charming than ever, and, A Few days after, married her. Cinderella, who was no less good than beautiful, Gave her two sisters lodgings in the palace.
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