But as soon as the other servants had gone, she took off her cape of rushes and was dressed as a princess again. And, secretly, she went as a guest and danced in disguise with every gentleman there.
But she left before the ball was over and sneaked back to the manor house so that the other servants would find her, still asleep (though she was feigning sleep), still wearing her cape made of rushes.
They woke her up and told her what a remarkable thing they'd seen: a mysterious lady had come in from no one knew where and danced with everyone there, even the king, and then vanished again.
"I wish I could have seen her," Cap O' Rushes said.
And Cap O' Rushes might have, for the king then ordered a hunting party in the hopes that the perhaps the mysterious lady would answer that invitation as well.
The servants were allowed to watch from the windows early in the morning as the hunting party passed by. But Cap O' Rushes was still asleep.
Or so they thought. For she pulled off her cape of rushes again and set out to join the party. And she rode with them as far as she dared before she knew she had to turn back, secretly, through a forest at the edge of her master's land, and return to the house.
The servants came and woke her again, though she was only pretending to be asleep, and told them of the mysteriously lady who rode out of nowhere to join the hunting part.
"I wish I could have seen her," said Cap O' Rushes.
A few days later, the king declared that there was to be a grand banquet at his castle, in the hopes that the mysterious lady would answer this invitation as well.
Because the celebration was so grand, the servants from the other houses were required in preparing the dishes. And so, all the servants from the manor house were called to the castle to help.
Cap O' Rushes found herself in the kitchen and she knew, then what she would do.
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But she left before the ball was over and sneaked back to the manor house so that the other servants would find her, still asleep (though she was feigning sleep), still wearing her cape made of rushes.
They woke her up and told her what a remarkable thing they'd seen: a mysterious lady had come in from no one knew where and danced with everyone there, even the king, and then vanished again.
"I wish I could have seen her," Cap O' Rushes said.
And Cap O' Rushes might have, for the king then ordered a hunting party in the hopes that the perhaps the mysterious lady would answer that invitation as well.
The servants were allowed to watch from the windows early in the morning as the hunting party passed by. But Cap O' Rushes was still asleep.
Or so they thought. For she pulled off her cape of rushes again and set out to join the party. And she rode with them as far as she dared before she knew she had to turn back, secretly, through a forest at the edge of her master's land, and return to the house.
The servants came and woke her again, though she was only pretending to be asleep, and told them of the mysteriously lady who rode out of nowhere to join the hunting part.
"I wish I could have seen her," said Cap O' Rushes.
A few days later, the king declared that there was to be a grand banquet at his castle, in the hopes that the mysterious lady would answer this invitation as well.
Because the celebration was so grand, the servants from the other houses were required in preparing the dishes. And so, all the servants from the manor house were called to the castle to help.
Cap O' Rushes found herself in the kitchen and she knew, then what she would do.