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" "Yes, yes, I reckon that's about the size of it. Don't mind my seeming excited; I'm not. Let us change the subject. Now as to this castle, with fortyfive princesses in it, and three ogres at the head of it, tell me - where is this harem?" "Harem?" "The CASTLE, you understand; where is the castle?" "Oh, as to that, it is great, and strong, and well beseen, and lieth in a far country.

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