Soon, the two sisters knocked at the door, and Cinderella went to open it for them. “O, how late you are in coming home,” said Cinderella, rubbing her eyes, as if just awakened.
“If you had been at the ball,” said one of the sisters, “you would not have been tired; for there was the most beautiful princess that ever was seen, who paid us much attention, and gave us oranges and citrons.”
Cinderella could scarcely contain herself for joy. She asked the name of the princess, but they said it was not known, and that the king's son was therefore much distressed, and would give anything he had to know who she could be.
