{"product_id":"2940013500426","title":"TING-A-LING","description":"TING-A-LING.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a far country of the East, in a palace surrounded by orange groves,\u003cbr\u003ewhere the nightingales sang, and by silvery lakes, where the soft\u003cbr\u003efountains plashed, there lived a fine old king. For many years he had\u003cbr\u003egoverned with great comfort to himself, and to the tolerable\u003cbr\u003esatisfaction of his subjects. His queen being dead, his whole affection\u003cbr\u003ewas given to his only child, the Princess Aufalia; and, whenever he\u003cbr\u003ehappened to think of it, he paid great attention to her education. She\u003cbr\u003ehad the best masters of embroidery and in the language of flowers, and\u003cbr\u003eshe took lessons on the zithar three times a week.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA suitable husband, the son of a neighboring monarch, had been selected\u003cbr\u003efor her when she was about two hours old, thus making it unnecessary for\u003cbr\u003eher to go into society, and she consequently passed her youthful days in\u003cbr\u003ealmost entire seclusion. She was now, when our story begins, a woman\u003cbr\u003emore beautiful than the roses of the garden, more musical than the\u003cbr\u003enightingales, and far more graceful than the plashing fountains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne balmy day in spring, when the birds were singing lively songs on the\u003cbr\u003etrees, and the crocuses were coaxing the jonquils almost off their very\u003cbr\u003estems with their pretty ways, Aufalia went out to take a little\u003cbr\u003epromenade, followed by two grim slaves. Closely veiled, she walked in\u003cbr\u003ethe secluded suburbs of the town, where she was generally required to\u003cbr\u003etake her lonely exercise. To-day, however, the slaves, impelled by a\u003cbr\u003esweet tooth, which each of them possessed, thought it would be no harm\u003cbr\u003eif they went a little out of their way to procure some sugared\u003cbr\u003ecream-beans, which were made excellently well by a confectioner near the\u003cbr\u003eoutskirts of the city. While they were in the shop, bargaining for the\u003cbr\u003esugar-beans, a young man who was passing thereby stepped up to the\u003cbr\u003ePrincess, and asked her if she could tell him the shortest road to the\u003cbr\u003ebaths, and if there was a good eating-house in the neighborhood. Now as\u003cbr\u003ethis was the first time in her life that the Princess had been addressed\u003cbr\u003eby a young man, it is not surprising that she was too much astonished to\u003cbr\u003espeak, especially as this youth was well dressed, extremely handsome,\u003cbr\u003eand of proud and dignified manners,--although, to be sure, a little\u003cbr\u003etravel-stained and tired-looking.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079561527536,"sku":"2940013500426","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013500426_p0.jpg?v=1763582098","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013500426","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}