![]() She could not bear the good qualities of this pretty girl, and the less because they made her own daughters appear the more odious. No sooner were the ceremonies of the wedding over but the mother-in-law began to show herself in her true colors. He had likewise, by another wife, a young daughter, but of unparalleled goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world. She had, by a former husband, two daughters of her own humor, who were, indeed, exactly like her in all things. Once there was a gentleman who married, for his second wife, the proudest and most haughty woman that was ever seen. ![]() ![]() The Blue Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang,, at Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas Lang Fairy Books Index Previous Next ![]()
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