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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1909
Page
12
In a country where queens outshine kings a great bell-tower in the city signals the birth of a future queen. Bell-people abandon their bells after a princess is born, leaving seven hollow bells to idle, quarrelsome tenants who despise work and later protest the newborn princess’s birth.
A fragmentary quote wonders if beauty may increase weekly with Sundays, suggesting she becomes seven times prettier each Sunday while the days in between grow uglier, prompting questions about the odds and the reasoning behind the pattern.
The tale follows a Princess deemed plain by her King and Queen who hide her appearance with veils on weekdays. As she grows, royal parents debate a Sunday-only marriage to a high-status Prince while the Princess secretly falls in love. A Royal Match Catalogue hints at eligible princes and fortunes.
Princess Belinda and Prince Bellamont overcome a christening curse by discovering a magic bell that cannot ring. They marry after a night of secret meetings and a descent under water, only to learn the bell’s true timing reveals the Thursday curse and alters their fate.
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