30/55 After a while it opened and they came out together, with both mother's arms around the Princess, and she had cried until she staggered. Mother lifted her face and kissed her, when they reached the door and said: "Tell your mother I understand enough to sympathize. I do wish she would give herself the comfort of asking God to help her." "She does! Oh, I'm sure she does!" said the Princess. "It's father who has lost all judgment and reason." Father went with her to the gate, and this time she needed help to mount her horse, and she left it to choose its way and go where it pleased on the road. |