I have thought for some time that all was not quite straight here , ' said he . ` Tell me who you are , and where you come from ? ' Lineik then told her name and her story . When she had ended the prince turned angrily to Laufer , and declared that , as a punishment for her wicked lies , she deserved to die a shameful death . But Laufer fell at his feet and begged for mercy . It was her mother 's fault , she said : ` It was she , and not I , who passed me off as the Princess Lineik . The only lie I have ever told you was about the robes , and I do not deserve death for that . ' She was still on her knees when Prince Sigurd entered the room . He prayed the Prince of Greece to forgive Laufer , which he did , on condition that Lineik would consent to marry him . ` Not till my stepmother is dead , ' answered she , ` for she has brought misery to all that came near her . ' Then Laufer told them that Blauvor was not the wife of a king , but an ogress who had stolen her from a neighbouring palace and had brought her up as her daughter . And besides being an ogress she was also a witch , and by her black arts had sunk the ship in which the father of Sigurd and Lineik had set sail . It was she who had caused the disappearance of the courtiers , for which no one could account , by eating them during the night , and she hoped to get rid of all the people in the country , and then to fill the land with ogres and ogresses like herself . So Prince Sigurd and the Prince of Greece collected an army swiftly , and marched upon the town where Blauvor had her palace . They came so suddenly that no one knew of it , and if they had , Blauvor had eaten most of the strong men ; and others , fearful of something they could not tell what , had secretly left the place . Therefore she was easily captured , and the next day was beheaded in the market-place . Afterwards the two princes marched back to Greece . Lineik had no longer any reason for putting off her wedding , and married the Prince of Greece at the same time that Sigurd married the princess . And Laufer remained with Lineik as her friend and sister , till they found a husband for her in a great nobleman ; and all three couples lived happily until they died . -LSB- From Islandische Muhrchen Poestion Wien . -RSB-
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