_The Prince receives the magic doublet--The Prince and his daughter set forth for Oogh--A strange encounter at the wayside well--The three blind ballad singers--The blind ballad singer displays the Shears of Sharpness--The strange conduct of the people of Oogh--The mansion in the ruined park--The solitary figure behind the spider’s web--The Prince watches the people’s behavior toward the boy--The man with the ball in the underground alley--The Prince sets out for his encounter with Babadag the Tailor--Babadag the Tailor, Goolk the Spider, and the eight tailors--The three blind ballad singers once more--The magic doublet protects the Prince against the Knitters of Eyebrows and against Goolk the Spider--The Prince’s daughter has beguiled the Shears of Sharpness from the ballad singers--A light flickers in the dark shop--The Prince’s daughter is gone, and the Prince makes a dash for liberty--Babadag the Tailor is conquered by his little son--The governor, being released, beholds the Prince’s daughter--The shearing of the Eyebrow--The skin of the Prince is black--The doom of the city of Oogh--The tailor’s son follows him into the burning city--The boy is found on the sill of his ruined home, alive--The eight tailors stand before them in a row--They meet the three blind ballad singers for the last time_ 73 THE FOURTH NIGHT THE RAGPICKER AND THE PRINCESS _The Princess hears a voice from the waves beneath her window--The Princess sees the shadow of an old woman--A midnight visit from a one-armed old man--Alb, seeking the Princess, sits down by the seashore--An interview with a talking seal--A sea journey on the back of a seal--The village of storks--The feeding of the storks--The Ragpicker frightens the men away with her bag--He follows the Ragpicker down into the dark--She stirs a steaming mixture with her long, hooked forefinger--The shadows of the children--He loses his way in the dark--He hears the voice of the seal again--He peeps into the sorcerer’s workshop--He lies in wait with a bow and arrow--The Ragpicker releases the shadows in the street--A singular commotion on the housetops--The Princess is herself again, but--The King beholds his child and is grieved--The seal introduces his liniment, guaranteed to cure in all cases_ 126 THE FIFTH NIGHT THE CITY OF DEAD LEAVES