well it fits him!” Nobody wished to let others know he saw nothing, for
then he would have been unfit for his office or too stupid. Never emperor’s
clothes were more admired.
“But he has nothing on at all,” said a little child at last. “Good heavens!
listen to the voice of an innocent child,” said the father, and one whispered
to the other what the child had said. “But he has nothing on at all,” cried at
last the whole people. That made a deep impression upon the emperor, for it
seemed to him that they were right; but he thought to himself, “Now I must
bear up to the end.” And the chamberlains walked with still greater dignity,
as if they carried the train which did not exist.
