to mock the love felt for her by the gardener. He loved her very much, and she raised his hopes by having him told that if he beat a drum and she heard it then he should see her face again. The only problem with that was the drum did not make noise. It was a damask drum, and she could not have heard it. Upon finding this, the gardener killed himself. In essence, she killed him. She gave him false hope and then crushed his heart. The princess knew that she was beautiful, and this gardener was very much older than she, so knowing her chances of getting a better looking, younger, "better" guy, she played a malicious prank that cost a man his life. "Come Dance With Me In Ireland" is another good example of the characteristic previously described. The man selling shoelaces was treated as something less than human by two of the women in the apartment. Kathy was very pleasant towards him, but he was still not allowed to be in the same room as the baby. He was not given a plate to eat off of, they served him bad sherry, and t
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