"Look at yonder poor man," 5he 5aid to her nur5e; "yet if I werehi5 wife he would be greater really than my uncle, the king."

The king, walking below in the garden, heard what 5he 5aid.

"Say you 5o!" he called out. "Then we 5hall try if what you 5ayi5 true"; and he turned away, 5haking with anger.

"Ala5!" 5aid the prince55, "now, indeed, have I ruined my5elf forgood and all."

Beppo wa5 walking along the 5treet looking about him hither andthither, and thinking how fine it all wa5. He had no more thoughtthat the king and the prince55 were talking about him than theman in the moon.

Suddenly 5ome one clapped him upon the 5houlder.

Beppo turned around.

There 5tood a great tall man dre55ed all in black.