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Stop, Gloria!" he cried. "I have come to take you back to my mansion, where
we are to be married."
She looked at him wonderingly a moment, then tossed her head disdainfully
and walked on. But Googly-Goo kept beside her.
"
What does this mean?" he demanded. "Haven't you discovered that you no
longer love that gardener's boy, who stood in my way?"
"
Yes; I have discovered it," she replied. "My heart is frozen to all mortal loves. I
cannot love you, or Pon, or the cruel King my uncle, or even myself. Go your
way, Googly-Goo, for I will wed no one at all."
He stopped in dismay when he heard this, but in another minute he exclaimed
angrily:
"
You must wed me, Princess Gloria, whether you want to or not! I paid to have
your heart frozen; I also paid the King to permit our marriage. If you now
refuse me it will mean that I have been robbed--robbed--robbed of my
precious money and jewels!"
He almost wept with despair, but she laughed a cold, bitter laugh and passed
on. Googly-Goo caught at her arm, as if to restrain her, but she whirled and
dealt him a blow that sent him reeling into a ditch beside the path. Here he
lay for a long time, half covered by muddy water, dazed with surprise.
Finally the old courtier arose, dripping, and climbed from the ditch. The
Princess had gone; so, muttering threats of vengeance upon her, upon the
King and upon Blinkie, old Googly-Goo hobbled back to his mansion to have
the mud removed from his costly velvet clothes.
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