Stranica 150 [150]
OCR
LABOULAYE S FAIRY BOOK satisfied after marriage shall have his nose cut off by the other.” “Good,” replied Coranda. "I would rather it was the tongue; but that will come next." Never was a finer wedding seen at Prague, and never was there a happier household. Coranda and the beautiful Helen were a model pair. The husband and wife were never heard to complain of each other; they loved with drawn swords, and, thanks to their ingenious bargain, kept for long years both their love and their noses.
