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The Toy-Room
They soon forgot all about Nichette’s uninvited call. They forgot Pierre, who was hunting high and low for his bunch of keys. They forgot the Queen’s anxious ladies-in-waiting, who never thought of looking for her in the toy-room, but were searching wildly all over the rest of the palace from watch-tower to the dark dungeons underground. They even forgot Nichette’s dolls waiting patiently for her under the rosebush. For Nichette and the Queen were pulling open all the boxes of toys, scattering things over the floor, and having a beautiful time.
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