Now the giant whom the invisible had so rashly attacked was the Lord of the Sea , and the third son of the Queen of the Elements , and he had touched the youth with a magic ring which enabled a mortal to live under water . So the Prince of the Golden Isle found , when bound in chains by the tritons , he was carried through the homes of strange monsters and past immense seaweed forests , till he reached a vast sandy space , surrounded by huge rocks . On the tallest of the rocks sat the giant as on a throne . ` Rash mortal , ' said he , when the Prince was dragged before him , ` you have deserved death , but you shall live only to suffer more cruelly . Go , and add to the number of those whom it is my pleasure to torture . ' At these words the unhappy Prince found himself tied to a rock ; but he was not alone in his misfortunes , for all round him were chained Princes and Princesses , whom the giant had led captive . Indeed , it was his chief delight to create a storm , in order to add to the list of his prisoners . As his hands were fastened , it was impossible for the Prince of the Golden Isle to make use of his magic stone , and he passed his nights and days dreaming of Rosalie . But at last the time came when the giant took it into his head to amuse himself by arranging fights between some of his captives . Lots were drawn , and one fell upon our Prince , whose chains were immediately loosened . The moment he was set free , he snatched up his stone , and became invisible . The astonishment of the giant at the sudden disappearance of the Prince may well be imagined . He ordered all the passages to be watched , but it was too late , for the Prince had already glided between two rocks . He wandered for a long while through the forests , where he met nothing but fearful monsters ; he climbed rock after rock , steered his way from tree to tree , till at length he arrived at the edge of the sea , at the foot of a mountain that he remembered to have seen in the cabinet of the present , where Rosalie was held captive . Filled with joy , he made his way to the top of the mountain which pierced the clouds , and there he found a palace . He entered , and in the middle of a long gallery he discovered a crystal room , in the midst of which sat Rosalie , guarded night and day by genii . There was no door anywhere , nor any window . At this sight the Prince became more puzzled than ever , for he did not know how he was to warn Rosalie of his return . Yet it broke his heart to see her weeping from dawn till dark . One day , as Rosalie was walking up and down her room , she was surprised to see that the crystal which served for a wall had grown cloudy , as if some one had breathed on it , and , what was more , wherever she moved the brightness of the crystal always became clouded .
This was enough to cause the Princess XXXXX suspect that her lover had returned .
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