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The king had returned from the baths. He was received with great ceremony, but he and the queen soon withdrew from the company and repaired to the crown prince's apartments. The parents, clasping hands, stood by the cradle of the sleeping child. Their glances rested upon each other and then upon the prince.
"Can there be a higher joy than thus to behold the babe whose life belongs to and is a part of our own? " softly whispered the queen.