I am fifteen , and she is twenty . ' Then the servant went back to the king , and told him all he knew . And his majesty answered : ' I will have the fifteen-year-old one . Go and bring her here . ' The servant returned a third time to the little house and knocked at the door . In reply to his knock the lattice window was pushed open , and a voice inquired what it was he wanted . ` The king has desired me to bring back the youngest of you to become his queen , ' he replied . ` Tell his majesty I am ready to do his bidding , but since my birth no ray of light has fallen upon my face . If it should ever do so I shall instantly grow black . Therefore beg , I pray you , his most gracious majesty to send this evening a shut carriage , and I will return in it to the castle . When the king heard this he ordered his great golden carriage to be prepared , and in it to be placed some magnificent robes ; and the old woman wrapped herself in a thick veil , and was driven to the castle . The king was eagerly awaiting her , and when she arrived he begged her politely to raise her veil and let him see her face . But she answered : ` Here the tapers are too bright and the light too strong . Would you have me turn black under your very eyes ? ' And the king believed her words , and the marriage took place without the veil being once lifted . Afterwards , when they were alone , he raised the corner , and knew for the first time that he had wedded a wrinkled old woman . And , in a furious burst of anger , he dashed open the window and flung her out . But , luckily for her , her clothes caught on a nail in the wall , and kept her hanging between heaven and earth . While she was thus suspended , expecting every moment to be dashed to the ground , four fairies happened to pass by . ` Look , sisters , ' cried one , ` surely that is the old woman that the king sent for .
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