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corporeal organismlungs and all。           Is it then at all mysterious�察�seeing that 

such   is   the   case�察  �that   on   the   other   particular   of   gravitation   as   well�察  �she 

should differ from normal humanity�拭             �My proposal for the cure is this�此�

     ;Phlebotomize until she is reduced to the last point of safety。                 Let it 

be effected�察�if necessary�察�in a warm bath。            When she is reduced to a state 

of perfect asphyxy�察�apply a ligature to the left ankle�察�drawing it as tight as 

the bone will bear。       Apply�察�at the same moment�察�another of equal tension 

around the right wrist。        By means of plates constructed for the purpose�察�

place    the  other   foot   and   hand    under   the   receivers   of  two    air´pumps。 

Exhaust   the   receivers。   Exhibit   a   pint   of   French   brandy�察  �and   await   the 

result。; 

     ;Which would presently arrive in the form of grim Death�察─�said Kopy´ 

Keck。 

     ;If   it   should�察  �she   would   yet   die   in   doing   our   duty�察─  �retorted   Hum´ 

Drum。 

     But their Majesties had too much tenderness for their volatile offspring 

to   subject    her  to  either   of  the   schemes     of  the   equally   unscrupulous 

philosophers。       Indeed�察    �the  most    complete     knowledge      of  the   laws   of 

nature would have been unserviceable in her case�察�for it was impossible to 

classify   her。   She   was   a   fifth   imponderable   body�察  �sharing   all   the   other 

properties of the ponderable。 



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                  8。        Try a Drop of Water。 



       Perhaps the best thing for the princess would have been to fall in love。 

But   how   a   princess   who   had   no   gravity   could   fall   into   anything   is   a 

difficultyperhaps THE difficulty。 

     As   for   her   own   feelings   on   the   subject�察  �she   did   not   even   know   that 

there was such a beehive of honey and stings to be fallen into。                But now I 

come to mention another curious fact about her。 

     The palace was built on the shores of the loveliest lake in the world�察�

and the princess loved this lake more than father or mother。 The root of 

this preference no doubt�察�although the princess did not recognise it as such�察�

was�察  �that   the   moment   she   got   into   it�察  �she   recovered   the   natural   right   of 

which she had been so wickedly deprivednamely�察�gravity。                   Whether this 

was   owing   to   the   fact   that   water   had   been   employed   as   the   means   of 

conveying the injury�察�I do not know。            But it is certain that she could swim 

and dive like the duck that her old nurse said she was。                  The manner in 

which this alleviation of her misfortune was discovered was as follows。 

     One summer evening�察�during the carnival of the country�察�she had been 

taken upon the lake by the king and queen�察�in the royal barge。 They were 

accompanied   by   many   of   the   courtiers   in   a   fleet   of   little   boats。 In   the 

middle of the lake she wanted to get into the lord chancellor's barge�察�for 

his daughter�察�who was a great favourite with her�察�was in it with her father。 

Now      though    the  old   king   rarely   condescended       to  make    light   of  his 

misfortune�察�yet�察�Happening on this occasion to be in a particularly good 

humour�察�as the barges approached each other�察�he caught up the princess to 

throw her into the chancellor's barge。           He lost his balance�察�however�察�and�察�

dropping into the bottom of the barge�察�lost his hold of his daughter�察�not�察�

however�察  �before      imparting    to   her  the  downward       tendency   of   his  own 

person�察�though in a somewhat different direction�察�for�察�as the king fell into 

the boat�察�she fell into the water。          With a burst of delighted laughter she 

disappeared in the lake。        A cry of horror ascended from the boats。             They 

had never seen the princess go down before。                 Half the men were   under 

water   in   a   moment�察  �but   they   had   all�察  �one   after   another�察  �come   up   to   the 

surface again for breath�察�whentinkle�察�tinkle�察�babble�察�and gush� �came the 



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princess's laugh over the water from far away。               There she was�察�swimming 

like   a   swan。   Nor   would   she   come   out   for   king   or   queen�察  �chancellor   or 

daughter。 She was perfectly obstinate。 

     But   at   the   same   time   she   seemed   more   sedate   than   usual。    Perhaps 

that was because a great pleasure spoils laughing。               At all events�察�after this�察�

the passion of her life was to get into the water�察�and she was always the 

better behaved and the more beautiful the more she had of it。                      Summer 

and winter it was quite the same�察�only she could not stay so long in the 

water     when    they   had   to  break    the  ice  to  let  her   in。  Any   day�察    �from 

morning till evening in summer�察�she might be descrieda streak of white 

in the blue waterlying as still as the shadow of a cloud�察�or shooting along 

like a dolphin�察�disappearing�察�and coming up again far off�察�just where one 

did not expect her。       She would have been in the lake of a night�察�too�察�if she 

could have had her way�察�for the balcony of her window overhung a deep 

pool in it�察�and through a shallow reedy passage she could have swum out 

into   the   wide   wet   water�察  �and   no   one   would   have   been   any   the   wiser。 

Indeed�察  �when   she   happened   to   wake   in   the   moonlight   she   could   hardly 

resist the temptation。        But there was the sad difficulty of getting into it。 

She   had   as   great   a   dread   of   the   air   as   some   children   have   of   the   water。 

For the slightest gust of wind would blow her away�察�and a gust might arise 

in the stillest moment。 And if she gave herself a push towards the water 

and just failed of reaching it�察�her situation would be dreadfully awkward�察�

irrespective   of   the   wind�察  �for   at   best   there   she   would   have   to  remain�察�

suspended in her nightgown�察�till she was seen and angled for by someone 

from the window。 

     ;Oh�   �if   I   had   my   gravity�察─  �thought   she�察  �contemplating   the   water�察   �I 

would flash off this balcony like a long white sea´bird�察�headlong into the 

darling wetness。        Heigh´ho� ─�

     This   was   the  only  consideration   that   made   her   wish   to   be   like   other 

people。 

     Another reason for her being fond of the water was that in it alone she 

enjoyed   any   freedom。        For   she   could   not   walk   out   without   a   cortege�察�

consisting in part of a troop of light horse�察�for fear of the
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