The Lilac Fairy Book, part 32 · page 21 2101Then, flinging the feather from her hair, she put her head on her hands, and sobbed passionately.102‘What is the use of being clever when it is beauty that men want?103That is what I ought to have asked for.104But it is too late, Denis will never come back.’105‘Since you wish it so much you shall have beauty,’ said a voice at her side, and looking round she beheld the old woman leaning on her stick.106‘Fasten this necklace round your neck, and as long as you wear it you will be the most beautiful woman in the world,’ continued the fairy.107With a little shriek of joy Tephany took the necklace, and snapping the clasp ran to the mirror which hung in the corner.108Ah, this time she was not afraid of Aziliez or of any other girl, for surely none could be as fair and white as she.109And with the sight of her face a thought came to her, and putting on hastily her best dress and her buckled shoes she hurried off to the dance.1 2← previousThe Lilac Fairy Book, part 31next →The Lilac Fairy Book, part 33↑ back to The Lilac Fairy BookThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/page/2/