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prince insisted upon it, that his father should order her for immediate execution. However, they determined at last, as a punishment more severe than death, to shut her up for life in a tower, where she would never more see the light of the sun.
At this moment the fairy and the good queen arrived in a flying chariot, and the affectionate mother began to weep bitterly, on hearing the sad fate to which her ⟨long-lost⟩ daughter was just condemned. "Be of good comfort," said the fairy, "you shall in ⟨the⟩ end be made happy, and your enemies ⟨be⟩ amply punished." The princess was conveyed to the tower, and the king retired to ⟨bed⟩; the fairy then resumed the form of the ⟨little⟩ white mouse, and got upon his pillow. Whenever he attempted to sleep she bit his ear; at which, being much disturbed, he ⟨turned⟩ the other side, and she bit at that also, without mercy: he cried out for assistance, ⟨and⟩ when his attendants came, they found ⟨his⟩ ears bleeding so fast, that they were unable to stop his wounds. While they were ⟨seeking⟩ about the apartment to find the mouse, she was gone into the prince's room ⟨to⟩ inflict the same vengeance upon him; he ⟨likewise⟩ called his attendants, and having ⟨shown⟩ his wounded ears, made them put a ⟨plaster⟩ on each. The little white mouse, in ⟨the⟩ mean time, returned to the king, and
