They all asked how she could want to go to church when she had nothing to wear but that wooden gown , which was so black and hideous . But Kari said she thought the priest was such a good man at preaching that she got so much benefit from what he said , and at last she got leave . She went to the rock and knocked , whereupon out came the man and gave her a gown which was much more magnificent than the first . It was embroidered with silver all over it , and it shone like the silver wood , and he gave her also a most beautiful horse , with housings embroidered with silver , and a bridle of silver too . When the King 's daughter got to church all the people were standing outside upon the hillside , and all of them wondered who on earth she could be , and the Prince was on the alert in a moment , and came and wanted to hold her horse while she alighted . But she jumped off and said that there was no need for that , for the horse was so well broken in that it stood still when she bade it and came when she called it . So they all went into the church together , but there was scarcely any one who listened to what the priest was saying , for they were all looking far too much at her , and the Prince fell much more deeply in love with her than he had been before . When the sermon was over and she went out of the church , and was just going to mount her horse , the Prince again came and asked her where she came from . ' I am from Towelland , ' said the King 's daughter , and as she spoke she dropped her riding-whip , and while the Prince was stooping to pick it up she said : ` Darkness behind me , but light on my way , That the Prince may not see where I 'm going to-day ! ' And she was gone again , neither could the Prince see what had become of her . He went far and wide to inquire for that country from whence she had said that she came , but there was no one who could tell him where it lay , so he was forced to have patience once more . Next Sunday some one had to go to the Prince with a comb . Kari begged for leave to go with it , but the others reminded her of what had happened last time , and scolded her for wanting to let the Prince see her when she was so black and so ugly in her wooden gown , but she would not give up asking until they gave her leave to go up to the Prince with the comb . When she went clattering up the stairs again , out came the Prince and took the comb and flung it at her , and ordered her to be off as fast as she could . After that the Prince went to church , and Kari also begged for leave to go . Again they all asked what she would do there , she who was so black and ugly , and had no clothes that she could be seen in by other people . The Prince or some one else might very easily catch sight of her , they said , and then both she and they would suffer for it ; but Kari said that they had something else to do than to look at her , and she never ceased begging until she got leave to go . And now all happened just as it had happened twice already . She went away to the rock and knocked at it with the stick , and then the man came out and gave her a gown which was very much more magnificent than either of the others . It was almost entirely made of pure gold and diamonds , and she also got a noble horse with housings embroidered with gold , and a golden bridle .
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