if you only knew how I am suffering for my want of trust in you ! But how could I be sure that you would not be like other men and tire of me from the moment you were sure I loved you ? ' As she spoke she suddenly saw a little door open , and the sunshine blazed into the dismal well . Graciosa did not hesitate an instant , but passed through into a charming garden . Flowers and fruit grew on every side , fountains plashed , and birds sang in the branches overhead , and when she reached a great avenue of trees and looked up to see where it would lead her , she found herself close to the palace of crystal . Yes ! there was no mistaking it , and the Queen and Percinet were coming to meet her . ` Ah , Princess ! ' said the Queen , ` do n't keep this poor Percinet in suspense any longer . You little guess the anxiety he has suffered while you were in the power of that miserable Queen . ' The Princess kissed her gratefully , and promised to do as she wished in everything , and holding out her hand to Percinet , with a smile , she said : ` Do you remember telling me that I should not see your palace again until I had been buried ? I wonder if you guessed then that , when that happened , I should tell you that I love you with all my heart , and will marry you whenever you like ? ' Prince Percinet joyfully took the hand that was given him , and , for fear the Princess should change her mind , the wedding was held at once with the greatest splendour , and Graciosa and Percinet lived happily ever after . -LRB- 11 -RRB- -LRB- 11 -RRB- Gracieuse et Percinet . Mdme . d'Aulnoy . THE THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND THERE was once upon a time a fisherman , who lived hard by a palace and fished for the King 's table . One day he was out fishing , but caught nothing at all . Let him do what he might with rod and line , there was never even so much as a sprat on his hook ; but when the day was well nigh over , a head rose up out of the water , and said : ` If you will give me what your wife shows you when you go home , you shall catch fish enough . ' So the man said ` Yes ' in a moment , and then he caught fish in plenty ; but when he got home at night , and his wife showed him a baby which had just been born , and fell a-weeping and wailing when he told her of the promise which he had given , he was very unhappy .
All this was soon told to the King up at the palace , and when he heard what sorrow the woman was in , and the reason of it , he said XXXXX he himself would take the child and see if he could not save it .
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