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27not know it, and that the king's son was very uneasy on her account and would give all the world to know who she was. At this Cinderella, smiling, replied, \beautiful indeed; how happy you have been!.%u201d The next day the two sisters were at the ball, and so was Cinderella, but dressed e v e n m o r e magnificently than before. The king's son was always by her side, and never ceased his compliments and kind speeches to her. All this was so far from being tiresome to her, and, indeed, she quite forgot what her godmother had told her. She thought that it was no later than eleven when she counted the clock striking twelve. She jumped up and fled, as nimble as a deer. The prince followed, but could not overtake her. She left behind one of her glass slippers, which the prince picked up most carefully. She reached home, but quite out of breath, and in her nasty old clothes, having nothing left of all her finery but one of the little slippers, the mate to the one that she had dropped.The guards at the palace gate were asked if they had not seen a princess go out. They replied that they had seen nobody leave Cinderella dances with the prince.