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After a merry breakfast in the gardens, Cheeriobed conducted the royal / party over the entire Sapphire City. High Boy carried Ozma, Scraps, / Trot, Betsy and Dorothy, and they all agreed that, next to the capital, / the Sapphire City was the fairest city in Oz. The sun shone with / dazzling brightness on the glittering spires, the jeweled sands and / rocks had never sparkled more beautifully. Even the waters of Orizon / seemed bluer since the Queen's return. Everywhere the cheers and shouts / of the delighted Islanders greeted the visitors and lovely Orin.
"If we just had our sea horses," mused Cheeriobed, putting one arm / around the Queen and the other around Philador, "everything would be as / it was before. " The old mer-man who stood close by the King looked so / unhappy at this remark that Ozma bade High Boy stop, and jumping down / hurried over to the Wizard. After a whispered conference which nobody / seemed to notice, Ozma and the little man tip-toed off by themselves. / And when next Cheeriobed looked out over the lake, he gave a shout / of delight and pleasure. In toward the shore, with flying manes and / flashing tails, raced the whole herd of white sea horses, lively and / lovely as they ever were.