Can I be not fit for my office ? No , I must certainly not say that I can not see the cloth ! ' ` Have you nothing to say about it ? ' asked one of the men who was weaving . ` Oh , it is lovely , most lovely ! ' answered the old minister , looking through his spectacles . ` What a texture ! What colours ! Yes , I will tell the Emperor that it pleases me very much . ' ` Now we are delighted at that , ' said both the weavers , and thereupon they named the colours and explained the make of the texture . The old minister paid great attention , so that he could tell the same to the Emperor when he came back to him , which he did . The impostors now wanted more money , more silk , and more gold to use in their weaving . They put it all in their own pockets , and there came no threads on the loom , but they went on as they had done before , working at the empty loom . The Emperor soon sent another worthy statesman to see how the weaving was getting on , and whether the cloth would soon be finished . It was the same with him as the first one ; he looked and looked , but because there was nothing on the empty loom he could see nothing . ` Is it not a beautiful piece of cloth ? ' asked the two impostors , and they pointed to and described the splendid material which was not there . ` Stupid I am not ! ' thought the man , ` so it must be my good office for which I am not fitted . It is strange , certainly , but no one must be allowed to notice it . '
And so he praised the cloth which he did not see , and expressed to them his delight at the beautiful XXXXX and the splendid texture .
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