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Before she revealed herself to him, she requested that the chef not salt any of the dishes at the banquet.

“I want you to dress every dish without a mite o’ salt.”

“That’ll be rare nasty,” says the cook.

“That doesn’t signify,” says she.

“Very well,” says the cook.

Cap o’Rushes father tasted dish after tasteless dish and broke down in tears at the banquet. “Now I see she loved me best of all, he blubbered.

Then, his daughter revealed herself to him, and all was forgiven.

Quotes from Cap o’Rushes translation by Joseph Jacobs. Wikisource.