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Then she flew from the castle and donned her catskin robe again, and
slipped into the scullery again, unbeknown to the cook.
The young lord went the very next day to his mother, the lady of the
castle, and declared he would wed none other but the lady of the silver
dress, and would never rest till he had found her. So another ball was
soon arranged for in hope that the beautiful maid would appear again. So
Catskin said to the cook, "Oh, how I should like to go!" Whereupon the
cook screamed out in a rage, "What, you, you dirty impudent slut! you
would cut a fine figure among all the fine lords and ladies." And with
that she up with a ladle and broke it across Catskin's back. But she
only shook her ears, and ran off to the forest, where she first of all
bathed, and then put on her coat of beaten gold, and off she went to the
ball-room.
As soon as she entered all eyes were upon her; and the young lord soon
recognised her as the lady of the "Basin of Water," and claimed her hand
for the first dance, and did not leave her till the last.
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