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drawbridge (n.):
"Impossible!" cried the ogre. "You shall see!" puente levadizo
He immediately changed himself into a mouse and began to
run about the floo . As soon as the cat saw this, he fell upon
him and ate him up.

Meanwhile the king, who saw this fine castle o the ogre's
as he passed, decided to go inside. The cat, who heard the
noise of his majesty's coach running over the drawbridge,
ran out and said to the king, "Your majesty is welcome to this
castle of my Lord Marquis of Carabas."

dared
"What! My Lord Marquis," cried the king, Glossary on
"and does this castle also belong to you?". page 85

The marquis gave his hand to the princess, and followed
the king, who went first They passed into a spacious hall,
where they found a magnificent f ast, which the ogre had
prepared for his friends, who were coming to visit him that
very day, but dared not enter, knowing the king was there.

His majesty was perfectly charmed with the good qualities of
my Lord Marquis of Carabas, as was his daughter, who had
fallen violently in love with him, and, seeing the vast estate
he possessed, said to him, after having drunk five or six
glasses, "It will be your own fault, my Lord Marquis, if you do
not become my son-in-law."

The marquis, making several low bows, accepted the honor
which his majesty conferred upon him, and forthwith, that
very same day, married the princess.
forthwith (adv.):
inmediatamente
The cat became a great lord, and never
again ran after mice, except for entertainment.

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