At home in the prince's palace, when at night the others were asleep, she used to go out on to the marble steps; it cooled her burning feet to stand in the cold sea water, and at such times she used to think of those she had left in the deep.
Heima á borgini hjá kongssoninum plagdi hon at fara út á marmaratrappuna, meðan hini lógu í fasta svøvni um náttina; brennandi føturnar á henni kølnaðu av at standa í kalda sjónum, og í sovorðnum løtum plagdi hon at hugsa um tey, hon átti eftir í dýpinum.