The Princess was now exceedingly delighted , but then she remembered her sisters , and wished that they too were free . Halvor thought that might be managed , and wanted to set off immediately ; but first he had to help the Princess to remove the Troll 's body , so it was not until morning that he set forth on his way . It was a long way to the castle , and he both walked and ran to get there in time . Late in the evening he caught sight of it , and it was very much more magnificent than either of the others . And this time he was not in the least afraid , but went into the kitchen , and then straight on inside the castle . There a Princess was sitting , who was so beautiful that there was never anyone to equal her . She too said what the others had said , that no Christian folk had ever been there since she had come , and entreated him to go away again , or else the Troll would swallow him up alive . The Troll had nine heads , she told him . ` Yes , and if he had nine added to the nine , and then nine more still , I would not go away , ' said Halvor , and went and stood by the stove . The Princess begged him very prettily to go lest the Troll should devour him ; but Halvor said , ` Let him come when he will . ' So she gave him the Troll 's sword , and bade him take a drink from the flask to enable him to wield it . At that same moment the Troll came , breathing hard , and he was ever so much bigger and stouter than either of the others , and he too was forced to go sideways to get in through the door . ` Hutetu ! what a smell of Christian blood there is here ! ' said he . Then Halvor cut off the first head , and after that the others , but the last was the toughest of them all , and it was the hardest work that Halvor had ever done to get it off , but he still believed that he would have strength enough to do it . And now all the Princesses came to the castle , and were together again , and they were happier than they had ever been in their lives ; and they were delighted with Halvor , and he with them , and he was to choose the one he liked best ; but of the three sisters the youngest loved him best . But Halvor went about and was so strange and so mournful and quiet that the Princesses asked what it was that he longed for , and if he did not like to be with them . He said that he did like to be with them , for they had enough to live on , and he was very comfortable there ; but he longed to go home , for his father and mother were alive , and he had a great desire to see them again . They thought that this might easily be done .
` You shall go and return in perfect safety XXXXX you will follow our advice , ' said the Princesses .
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