Then the cord is pulled and they lie where they fall , till they are buried by the first passer by . Terrible as this death would be , ' added the Prince , ` it would be sweeter than life if I had lost your love . ' The sight of all these happy lovers only made the Prince grieve the more , and he wandered along the seashore spending his days ; but one day he was sitting on a rock bewailing his fate , and the impossibility of leaving the island , when all in a moment the sea appeared to raise itself nearly to the skies , and the caves echoed with hideous screams . As he looked a woman rose from the depths of the sea , flying madly before a furious giant . The cries she uttered softened the heart of the Prince ; he took the stone from his mouth , and drawing his sword he rushed after the giant , so as to give the lady time to escape . But hardly had he come within reach of the enemy , than the giant touched him with a ring that he held in his hand , and the Prince remained immovable where he stood . The giant then hastily rejoined his prey , and , seizing her in his arms , he plunged her into the sea . Then he sent some tritons to bind chains about the Prince of the Golden Isle , and he too felt himself borne to the depths of the ocean , and without the hope of ever again seeing the Princess . 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 XXXXX be watched , but it was too late , for the Prince had already glided between two rocks .
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