1 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: Welcome sleep tight stories. The little Dressmaker. There was once 2 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: a little dressmaker who was apprentice to a big dressmaker. 3 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: But although she was only an apprentice, she caught her 4 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: patterns so beautifully, and took her stitches so daintily, and 5 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: had such charming fancies about the dresses she made, that 6 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: she was really the best dressmaker in the kingdom. And 7 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: the big dressmaker knew it. But the little dressmaker was 8 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: so young and so modest, that the big dressmaker said 9 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: to herself, there is no need to tell Lota she 10 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 1: is a better dressmaker than I am. If I don't 11 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: tell her, she will never find out for herself, and 12 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: if I do tell her, she will go away and 13 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: set up a rival business. So the big dressmaker held 14 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: her tongue and did not always praise Lota when she 15 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: had done something prettier than usual, and quite often scolded 16 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: her when she had done nothing whatsoever to deserve it. 17 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: But Lata took it all in good part, and she 18 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: did not suspect her own worth. Even when the big 19 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,959 Speaker 1: dressmaker came to her for advice, as when she had 20 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: a particularly important order, she always did The Marchioness of 21 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 1: Roly Polly has just been in to order a ball dress. Lota, 22 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: the big dressmaker would say, she fancies herself in a 23 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: peach colored silk. Oh, what a pity, Lotta would cry, 24 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: she would look so much better and plum covered velvet. 25 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: Exactly what I told her, said the big dressmaker. She 26 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: wants seventeen flounces on the skirt. Fancy that, exclaimed Lata. 27 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: She ought to have it as plain as plain, but 28 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: with a dignified cut. Precisely said the big dressmaker, as 29 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: I said to them, Marchiness, with my very own lips, 30 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: a dignified cut is the thing, and as plain as 31 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: plain can be. So instead of making the Marchioness of 32 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: roly Polly a flouncy peach colored dress, they married her 33 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: a dignified plum colored one. And the Marchioness looked extremely 34 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: imposing at the queen's reception, and everyone said, oh, the 35 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: big dressmaker is a genius. But it was really little Latta. 36 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: Now you must know that the Queen of the country 37 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: was seventy years old and, being unmarried, had no children 38 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: to succeed to the throne. But if she had never 39 00:03:55,960 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: been a mother, she had at least been for twenty 40 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: five years an aunt and her nephew, who was king 41 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: of the kingdom next door, would in the course of time, 42 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: rule over her country as well as his own. He 43 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: hadn't visited his aunt for twenty years, but report said 44 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: he was a charming young man, and like his aunt, 45 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: he was unmarried, a circumstance which bothered her so much 46 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,239 Speaker 1: that she wrote to him about it twice a year, 47 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 1: at Christmas and on his birthday. But he always wrote back, 48 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: dear Aunt Georgie, thank you awfully for the jolly pencil case, 49 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: your loving nephew Richard. PS. There's plenty of time. But 50 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: old Georgina was seventy, and young King Richard was twenty five, 51 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,799 Speaker 1: and at seventy there does not seem to be quite 52 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: so much time as there does at twenty five. So presently, 53 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: the Queen, who was a masterful old lady, wrote a 54 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: letter in between Christmas and his birthday to tell him 55 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: he must come to her court and choose for himself 56 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 1: a bride from among the court ladies, because she was 57 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: sick and tired of his stuff and nonsense. As this 58 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: time she hadn't sent him a pencil case. The king 59 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 1: couldn't put off with thanks, and the Chief part of 60 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: his letter had to be about the marriage, so he wrote, 61 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: dear Aunt Georgie, just as you lie, your loving nephew Richard, PS. 62 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: I won't marry anybody who isn't nineteen and a half 63 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: years old and nineteen and a half inches round the waist. 64 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 1: The Queen immediately summoned all the court ladies of nineteen 65 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: and a half years old and had them measured. There 66 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: were exactly three whose waists were nineteen and a half inches, 67 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 1: no more and no less. So she wrote again to 68 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: her nephew, My dear Richard, the Duchess of Junkets, the 69 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: Countess of Caramel, and the Lady Blanche Blancmange will all 70 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: be twenty next December, the present month being June. They 71 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 1: are delight for girls and their wastes. Meet your requirements, 72 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 1: Come and choose for yourself, your affectionate Aunt Georgina Regina. 73 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: To this, the king replied, dear Aunt Georgie, have it 74 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: your own way. I will come on Monday. Please give 75 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: three balls on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and let me 76 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: have each of the ladies in turn for my partner. 77 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: I will marry the one I like the best on 78 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: Friday and go home on Saturday. Your loving nephew Richard PS, 79 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: I'd like the balls to be fancy dress, because I've 80 00:07:53,480 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: got an awfully good one. The Queen did not get 81 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: this letter till Monday morning, and the King was coming 82 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: that very night. You can imagine what a flutter everyone 83 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: was in, particularly the ladies with a nineteen and a 84 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: half inchwaste. Of course, they paid a visit to the 85 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: big dressmaker at once, said the Duchess of Junkets. I 86 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: positively must have the most beautiful fancy dress you can 87 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: make me, and that on Tuesday and time for the 88 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: first ball, and be sure when it is ready to 89 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: have send me one of your girls to show me 90 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:45,319 Speaker 1: how to wear it. Said the Countess of Caramel. It 91 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: is of the utmost important that you shall make me 92 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: the most fascinating fancy dress you can think of, and 93 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:57,199 Speaker 1: deliver it on Wednesday in time for the second ball, 94 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 1: and let your apprentice bring it to set it off 95 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: for me, said the Lady Blanche Blancme. I shall expire 96 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: a vexation if you do not create for me the 97 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: most enchanting fancy dress in the world, to be worn 98 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 1: on Thursday night at the third ball, and that I 99 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 1: may see it is quite perfect. Put it on your 100 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:29,319 Speaker 1: daintiest model, so that I can judge the effect for myself. 101 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: The big dressmaker promised them all, and as soon as 102 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: the ladies had departed, she rushed into Lata and told 103 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: her all about it. We must think with our brains 104 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 1: and so with all our fingers, Lata, if we are 105 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: to get them done in time, Oh, I'm sure I 106 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: can manage, said Lata cheerfully. We'll take the dresses in order, 107 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: and the Duchess shall have hers tomorrow night, and the 108 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 1: Countess shall have hers the next night, and the Lady 109 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: Blanche shall have hers the night after that. If I 110 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: have to sit up all the time and never go 111 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: to bed at all, very well, Lota, said the big dressmaker. 112 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: But now I must consider what the dresses will be. 113 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: The Duchess will look beautiful as a sunbeam, said Lota. 114 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 1: Just what I was thinking, said the big dressmaker. Oh 115 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: and how entrancing the Countess would look as moonlight, said Lota. 116 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 1: My idea exactly, said the big dressmaker. Oh and as 117 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: a rainbow, the Lady Blanche would be simply ravishing. You 118 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: have taken the very words out of my mouth. Said 119 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: the big dressmaker. Now to design them, cut them out 120 00:10:55,320 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: and make them. So Lata does the three dresses and 121 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 1: set about making the first one, a radiant golden gown 122 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: that would flash and sparkle like light as the wearer 123 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: of it danced. She sat at it day and night 124 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: and saw nothing of the young King's arrival at the palace. 125 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: And on the Tuesday, an hour before the opening of 126 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: the first ball, the bright frock was ready. They have 127 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: sent a coat from the palace to fetch it, said 128 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: the big dressmaker, and one of my girls is to 129 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: wear it and show it off to the Duchess before 130 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: she puts it on. But whom can I possibly send? 131 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 1: It has only a nineteen and a half inch waist. 132 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: That's just my size, Madam, said Lotta. How fortunate, Quick 133 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: Lota slip it on and be off. So Lota slipped 134 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: on the dazzling frock, the golden shoes and slippers, and 135 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 1: the little gold crown, twinkling with points of light, and 136 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 1: throwing her old black cloak over all, ran down to 137 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 1: the royal coach that was waiting for her. The coachman 138 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: flicked his whip and away they went. When she arrived 139 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: at the palace. A footman who was passing through the 140 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: hall conducted Lota to the little ante room. You are 141 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: to wait here, said he, till the Duchess is ready 142 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: for you in the next room. When she is, she 143 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: will ring a bell. What a charming dress you seem 144 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 1: to be wearing under your cloak. It is the Duchess's dress, 145 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: said Lota, with which she is to captivate the young king. 146 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: Would you like to see it? Very much? Indeed, said 147 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: the footman. Lota dropped her black coat and stepped like 148 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:08,319 Speaker 1: a sunbeam out of a cloud. There, she said, isn't 149 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: it beautiful? Do you think the king will be able 150 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 1: to resist dancing with the duchess in this dress? I 151 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 1: am sure he won't, said the footman, and making an 152 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: elegant bow, he added, Duchess, may I have the honor 153 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 1: of this dance? Oh, your majesty, laughed Lota, The honor 154 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: is mine. The footman put his arm around Lata's waist 155 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: and danced with her, and just as he was telling 156 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:45,559 Speaker 1: her that her hair was more golden than sunlight itself, 157 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: the bell rang and Lota had to go. The duchess 158 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: was delighted with the dress, and when Lota had shown 159 00:13:56,040 --> 00:14:00,040 Speaker 1: her exactly how to move and sit and stand and 160 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 1: dance in it. She put it on and sailed into 161 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:10,559 Speaker 1: the ballroom. Lotta, wrapping herself up in her old cloak, 162 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: heard how everyone broke into applause as the radiant little 163 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: duchess appeared. Ah, thought Lota, the king will never be 164 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: able to resist her, and back she ran to begin 165 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: the moonlight dress. All night and all day she sewed 166 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: the slim silver sheath, and she got it done by 167 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: the following evening, just as the royal coach drew up 168 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: to the door to fetch her. As before, she slipped 169 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: on the dress, covered herself with her cloak and drove away. 170 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: And as before, the young footman escorted her to the 171 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: ante room and told her to wait. And what happened 172 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: at the ball last night, asked Lota. The King danced 173 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: with the golden duchess all the evening, said the footman. 174 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: I doubt if the countess will have such luck, don't 175 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: you think so? Said Lota, and opening her black cloak, 176 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: she stood before him like the moon shining at midnight, Oh, countess, 177 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: said the footman, taking her hand and kissing it. Will 178 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: you make me the happiest man in the world by 179 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: dancing with me. The happiness is mine, your majesty, said Lota, 180 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: smiling sweetly. So once more they danced together in the 181 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: ante room, and then they sat down and talked all 182 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: about themselves and each other, and Lota told him that 183 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: she was nineteen and a half years old, and that 184 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,239 Speaker 1: her mother was a housemaid and her father a cobbler, 185 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: and she herself an apprentice dressmaker. And the footman told 186 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: her that he was twenty five years old and that 187 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: his father was a bookbinder and his mother a laundress, 188 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: and he himself a footman to the young king, to 189 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: whose kingdom he would return when the king was married. 190 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: And this made Lot a thoughtful and the footman asked why, 191 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: and Lota didn't know, and the footman took her hand 192 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: in his and was just telling her that it was 193 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: as white as moonlight. When the bell rang and Lota 194 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: had to go. The Countess of Karma was charmed with 195 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: the dress, and when all its points had been shown off, 196 00:16:54,960 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: she put it on and entered the ballroom, heard the 197 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 1: shout of admiration, then went up as she appeared, while 198 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 1: Lota herself hurried back in her old cloak to make 199 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:17,919 Speaker 1: the rainbow dress. All night and all day she sat 200 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: at it, and her eyes were rather heavy, and her 201 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: heart was a little heavy too, but she couldn't think why. 202 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:33,439 Speaker 1: And just an hour before the third ball was to begin, 203 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:40,160 Speaker 1: the dress was finished and the coach was waiting. Once more, 204 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: Lota put on a shimmering dress, hid herself in her 205 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: old cloak, and was driven to the palace, and once 206 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 1: more the footman escorted her to the ante room, where 207 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:56,680 Speaker 1: she sank into a deep chair while he stood before her. 208 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: And once more Lota asked what happened at the ball 209 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 1: last night? The King danced every dance with the silver 210 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: countess and never took his eyes off her, said the footman. 211 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:17,359 Speaker 1: I don't suppose there's much chance for the lady Blanche. 212 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 1: You never know, said Lotta. But she was feeling so 213 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:25,719 Speaker 1: tired that she didn't even try to undo her cloak 214 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:29,679 Speaker 1: and show him. So the footman helped her, and he 215 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,919 Speaker 1: laid her cloak back against the chair, and when he 216 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,479 Speaker 1: saw a Lota shining like a little rainbow against a 217 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: black cloud bank, he fell on his knees before her, 218 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:46,679 Speaker 1: Oh lady, he whispered, won't you dance this dance with me, 219 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:52,679 Speaker 1: and every other dance as well. But Lota shook her 220 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: head because she was so tired, and she tried to smile, 221 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: but the same time, big tears trickled down her cheeks, 222 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 1: and the footman didn't even ask why, since tears seemed 223 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: natural in a rainbow, but he put his arms round 224 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,360 Speaker 1: her as she sat in the chair and gave her 225 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 1: a kiss. And before the kiss was quite finished, the 226 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: bell rang and Lota had to wipe her eyes and go. 227 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 1: The Lady Blanche was ravished with the dress, and after 228 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: Latta had turned this way and that way to show 229 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 1: her how to wear it, she put it on and 230 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: ran into the ballroom. Lota heard a great sigh of 231 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 1: wonder go round at the lovely little vision that had appeared. 232 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: Then she went back to the empty anteroom, put on 233 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: her old cloak, and stumbled home. She meant to go 234 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 1: to bed and sleep and sleep, but at the door 235 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: the big dressmaker met her with a face of despair. 236 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: What do you think? An order has just come from 237 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 1: the Queen that we are to make the finest wedding 238 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: dress ever made for the King's bride tomorrow. The wedding 239 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: is to be at noon. Now, think, Lota, think what 240 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 1: shall the wedding dress be. Lot A thought of a 241 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 1: dress as pure as the fall of snow, And as 242 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,640 Speaker 1: she began to cut it out, she said, but, Madam, 243 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: we do not know for whom it is to fit. 244 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:49,159 Speaker 1: Make it to fit yourself, said the big dressmaker. For 245 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 1: you and the three ladies are all the same size. 246 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: And which do you think it will be, asked Lota. 247 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 1: Nobody knows. They say the king was equally charmed by 248 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: the sun and the moon, and doubtless he will be 249 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 1: by the rainbow as well. And what dress did the 250 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,199 Speaker 1: king wear to the ball? Madam asked Lota, trying to 251 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: keep herself awake. A most disappointing dress for a king, 252 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: said the big dressmaker. He wore the clothes of his 253 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: own footman. After that, Lotta asked no more questions. She 254 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: just bent her tired little head over the pure white 255 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:40,880 Speaker 1: stuff and sewed and sewed till her fingers and her 256 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: eyes ached. The night passed, morning came, and an hour 257 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 1: before noon the dress was ready. The coach is here, 258 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: said the big dressmaker. Put on the dress Lota, for 259 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: the bride will certainly wish to see how it should 260 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: be worn. Who is the bride, asked Lota. Still nobody knows, 261 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: said the big dressmaker. They say, the King is making 262 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,400 Speaker 1: his choice at this moment, and the wedding will take 263 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: place as soon as he has decided. So Lata put 264 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,160 Speaker 1: on the wedding dress and went down to the coach, 265 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: and there, to her surprise, was her own footman waiting 266 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 1: to hand her in. She looked at him earnestly and said, 267 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 1: but aren't you the king? And the footman said whatever 268 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 1: made you think that, and closed the door and away 269 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 1: they galloped, and Lotta leaned back in a corner and 270 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: fell fast asleep and dreamed she was driving to her wedding. 271 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,640 Speaker 1: When she woke up, the coach was just pulling up 272 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: at a door, but instead of being the palace door, 273 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: it was the door of a little church in the country. 274 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 1: The footman jumped down and helped Lota out. It all 275 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 1: seemed a natural part of her dream, as she went 276 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: up on his arm and down the aisle in the 277 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: snow white gown, and found the clergyman waiting at the altar. 278 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: In two minutes they were married, and Lota, with a 279 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: gold ring on her finger, went back to the coach, 280 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: but this time the Footman got inside with her, and 281 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: as they drove off, he finished giving her the kiss 282 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: he had begun the night before, and Lotta went to 283 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 1: sleep with her head on his shoulder. She never woke 284 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:01,360 Speaker 1: up till they reached the Young King's city and stopped 285 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 1: before the Young King's palace, and there all in a daze, 286 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 1: she found herself going up the steps on the footman's arm, 287 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 1: amid the cheers of the populace, and at the top 288 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: of the steps, waiting to receive them with a merry 289 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 1: smile on his face. The young King himself, yes, because 290 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 1: you see, the footman really was the footman, only as 291 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:35,360 Speaker 1: the young King didn't want to be married a bit, 292 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: he had sent his footman in his place, and as 293 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 1: the footman fell in love with Lata at first sight, 294 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 1: he had made up his mind before the very first ball, 295 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: and after that there wasn't any chance for the Duchess 296 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:57,399 Speaker 1: of Junkets, the Countess of Caramel, or Lady Blanche Blancmente. 297 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: And this was really very for fortunate, because if the 298 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 1: footman had chosen and married one of them, the old 299 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: Queen would have been greatly annoyed when she found out 300 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 1: the trick that had been played upon her by her nephew, 301 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 1: and the bride would have been annoyed as well as 302 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: it was when the facts came to the queen's ears. 303 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: She wrote to the young King on his birthday, My 304 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 1: dear Richard, I send you the enclosed with my love. 305 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 1: At the same time, I wish to say I am 306 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 1: extremely displeased with you, and she'll take no further interest 307 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: in your matrimonial affairs. Your affectionate Aunt Georgina Regina, to 308 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 1: which the young King replied, Dear Aunt Georgie, thanks awfully 309 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: your loving nephew Richard PI s oh, and thank you 310 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: for the jolly pencil case.