[34]“IhopemydresswillbereadyintimefortheState-ball,”sheanswered; “Ihaveorderedpassion-flowerstobeembroideredonit; buttheseamstressesaresolazy.”
[35]Hepassedovertheriver, , andsawtheoldJewsbargainingwitheachother, .
[36]Theboywastossingfeverishlyonhisbed, andthemotherhadfallenasleep, , andlaidthegreatrubyonthetablebesidethewoman’, fanningtheboy’sforeheadwithhiswings.“HowcoolIfeel,”saidtheboy, “Imustbegettingbetter;”andhesankintoadeliciousslumber.
[37]ThentheSwallowflewbacktotheHappyPrince, andtoldhimwhathehaddone.“Itiscurious,”heremarked, “butIfeelquitewarmnow, althoughitissocold.”
[38]“Thatisbecauseyouhavedoneagoodaction,”, .
[39]Whendaybrokeheflewdowntotheriverandhadabath.“Whataremarkablephenomenon,”saidtheProfessorofOrnithologyashewaspassingoverthebridge.“Aswallowinwinter!”, itwasfullofsomanywordsthattheycouldnotunderstand.
[40]“To-nightIgotoEgypt,”saidtheSwallow, , andsatalongtimeontopofthechurchsteeple.
[41]WhereverhewenttheSparrowschirruped, andsaidtoeachother, “Whatadistinguishedstranger!”Soheenjoyedhimselfverymuch.
[42]WhenthemoonroseheflewbacktotheHappyPrince.“HaveyouanycommissionsforEgypt?”hecried; “Iamjuststarting.”
[43]“Swallow, Swallow, littleSwallow,”saidthePrince, “willyounotstaywithmeonenightlonger?”
[44]“IamwaitedforinEgypt,”answeredtheSwallow.“-horsecouchesthereamongthebulrushes , , andwhenthemorningstarshinesheuttersonecryofjoy, ’ , andtheirroarislouderthantheroarofthecataract.”
