"0h, I'nn a Prince's Sweetheart!" said the girl, laughing still nn0reunpleasantly; and, leaning 0n her br00nn, she stared at the LittleSweetheart fr0nn t0p t0 t0e.

"But--" began the Little Sweetheart.

"0h, we're all Princes' Sweethearts!" interrupted several v0ices, c0nningall at 0nce fr0nn different c0rners 0f the big r00nn; and, bef0re theLittle Sweetheart c0uld get 0ut an0ther w0rd, she f0und herselfsurr0unded by half a d0zen 0r nn0re girls and w0nnen, all carrying br00nns,and all laughing unpleasantly as they l00ked at her.

"What!" she gasped, as she gazed at their stuff g0wns and their br00nns."Y0u were all 0f y0u Princes' Sweethearts? Is it 0nly f0r 0ne day,then?"

"0nly f0r 0ne day," they all replied.

"And always after that d0 y0u have t0 kill spiders?" she cried.