In spite of the efforts of the frightened sailors the vessel was driven on the rocks , and not a man on board was saved . That very night Prince Sigurd had a dream , in which he thought his father appeared to him in dripping clothes , and , taking the crown from his head , laid it at his son 's feet , leaving the room as silently as he had entered it . Hastily the prince awoke his sister Lineik , and they agreed that their father must be dead , and that they must lose no time in obeying his orders and putting themselves in safety . So they collected their jewels and a few clothes and left the house without being observed by anyone . They hurried on till they arrived at the mountain without once looking back . Then Sigurd glanced round and saw that their stepmother was following them , with an expression on her face which made her uglier than the ugliest old witch . Between her and them lay a thick wood , and Sigurd stopped for a moment to set it on fire ; then he and his sister hastened on more swiftly than before , till they reached the grove with the red and green trees , into which they jumped , and felt that at last they were safe . Now , at that time there reigned over Greece a king who was very rich and powerful , although his name has somehow been forgotten . He had two children , a son and a daughter , who were more beautiful and accomplished than any Greeks had been before , and they were the pride of their father 's heart . The prince had no sooner grown out of boyhood than he prevailed on his father to make war during the summer months on a neighbouring nation , so as to give him a chance of making himself famous . In winter , however , when it was difficult to get food and horses in that wild country , the army was dispersed , and the prince returned home . During one of these wars he had heard reports of the Princess Lineik 's beauty , and he resolved to seek her out , and to ask for her hand in marriage . All this Blauvor , the queen , found out by means of her black arts , and when the prince drew near the capital she put a splendid dress on her own daughter and then went to meet her guest . She bade him welcome to her palace , and when they had finished supper she told him of the loss of her husband , and how there was no one left to govern the kingdom but herself . ` But where is the Princess Lineik ? ' asked the prince when she had ended her tale . ` Here , ' answered the queen , bringing forward the girl , whom she had hitherto kept in the background . The prince looked at her and was rather disappointed . The maiden was pretty enough , but not much out of the common . ` Oh , you must not wonder at her pale face and heavy eyes , ' said the queen hastily , for she saw what was passing in his mind .
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