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`` Should this prove to be indeed the princess 's dog , he has committed treason . '' And now the black carriage and spirited horses drove up . The three entered it with the dog and were whirled away . By noon it was rumored in that street that her royal highness , the princess of the land , had walked through it , dressed like one of the common people . Within the carriage the princess was weeping tears of joy above her pet . `` If it is you , Goldilocks , if it is you ! '' she kept repeating ; but the dog clung to the one who had recognized his topaz eyes in spite of everything .