it came to that, the book never gave you the evidence of anything. It talked about “a handsome prince” . . . was he really, or was it just because he was a prince that people called him handsome? As for “a girl who was as beautiful as the day was long” . . . well, which day? In midwinter it hardly ever got light! The stories didn’t want you to think, they just wanted you to believe what you were told. . . .