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kind of silver hoop, which they carried to the bedside, and the Princess said,—

“No one will know it is there, for directly it is upon you it will become invisible. Neither will you feel it yoursel. Now sit up, and I will put it on for you.”

“Thank you, dear Princess,” said Jack, sitting up in bed.

Then the Prince and Princess slipped the belt over Jack’s head, and fastened it round his waist, but when it was on he could neither feel nor see it.

“Then farewell, dear little Jack,” said they. “This time we part for ever.” And the Princess stooped and kissed Jack on his forehead. Such a kiss it was, he had never felt anything so nice in his life.

“Good-bye, dear, kind Princess,” he said, huskily, stretching out his hands towards her, for he felt very sad at the thought that he should never see her again.

Then both Prince and Princess floated up the moonbeam, and the Princess looked back and kissed her hand as before, and they flew out of the window, and Jack never saw them again.

But the next day, when the doctor came, he said

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