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LABOULAYE S FAIRY BOOK
satisfied after marriage shall have his nose cut off by the
other.”
“Good,” replied Coranda. "I would rather it was the
tongue; but that will come next."
Never was a finer wedding seen at Prague, and never was
there a happier household. Coranda and the beautiful
Helen were a model pair. The husband and wife were
never heard to complain of each other; they loved with
drawn swords, and, thanks to their ingenious bargain, kept
for long years both their love and their noses.