I
haven't any idea what became of it."
The six former Princesses were sitting upon a rude bench, looking
quite bedraggled and untidy. Said Indigo:
"If you will make Ghip-Ghisizzle marry me, I'll find your old
umbrella."
"Where is it?" asked Button-Bright eagerly.
"Make Ghip-Ghisizzle marry me, and I'll tell you," repeated Indigo.
"But I won't say another word about it until after I am married."
So they went back to the palace and proposed to the new Boolooroo to
marry Indigo so they could get their Magic Umbrella. But
Ghip-Ghisizzle positively refused.
"I'd like to help you," said he, "but nothing will ever induce me to
marry one of those snubnoses."
"They're very pretty--for Blueskins," said Trot.
"But when you marry a girl, you marry the inside as well as the
outside," declared Ghip-Ghisizzle, "and inside these Princesses
there are wicked hearts and evil thoughts. I'd rather be patched
than marry the best of them."
"Which IS the best?" asked Button-Bright.
"I don't know, I'm sure," was the reply. "Judging from their actions
in the past, there is no best."
Rosalie the Witch now went to the cabin and put Indigo into a deep
sleep by means of a powerful charm. Then, while the Princess slept,
the Witch made her tell all she knew, which wasn't a great deal, to
be sure; but it was soon discovered that Indigo had been deceiving
them and knew nothing at all about the umbrella.
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