He rubbed his eyes and put on his spectacles . ` Why those are the ladies-in-waiting playing their games ; I must go down to them . ' So he took off his shoes , which were shoes though he had trodden them down into slippers . What a hurry he was in , to be sure ! As soon as he came into the yard he walked very softly , and the ladies-in-waiting were so busy counting the kisses and seeing fair play that they never noticed the Emperor . He stood on tiptoe . ` What is that ? ' he said , when he saw the kissing ; and then he threw one of his slippers at their heads just as the Swineherd was taking his eighty-sixth kiss . ` Be off with you ! ' said the Emperor , for he was very angry . And the Princess and the Swineherd were driven out of the empire . Then she stood still and wept ; the Swineherd was scolding , and the rain was streaming down . ` Alas , what an unhappy creature I am ! ' sobbed the Princess . ` If only I had taken the beautiful Prince ! Alas , how unfortunate I am ! ' And the Swineherd went behind a tree , washed the black and brown off his face , threw away his old clothes , and then stepped forward in his splendid dress , looking so beautiful that the Princess was obliged to courtesy . ' I now come to this . I despise you ! ' he said .
` You would have nothing to do with a noble Prince ; you did not understand the rose or the nightingale , but you could kiss the XXXXX for the sake of a toy .
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