` Happily for her , the lady was not to be found . She had gone with her infant son , who was only two or three months old , to visit her old nurse , who lived in the valley ; and she had been detained all night there by a storm . ` The next morning , as soon as it was light , one of the servants at the castle , who had managed to escape , came to tell the poor lady of the sad fate of her husband and her pretty babes . She could scarcely believe him at first , and was eager at once to go back and share the fate of her dear ones ; but the old nurse , with many tears , besought her to remember that she had still a child , and that it was her duty to preserve her life for the sake of the poor innocent . ` The lady yielded to this reasoning , and consented to remain at her nurse 's house as the best place of concealment ; for the servant told her that the giant had vowed , if he could find her , he would kill both her and her baby . Years rolled on . The old nurse died , leaving her cottage and the few articles of furniture it contained to her poor lady , who dwelt in it , working as a peasant for her daily bread . Her spinning-wheel and the milk of a cow , which she had purchased with the little money she had with her , sufficed for the scanty subsistence of herself and her little son . There was a nice little garden attached to the cottage , in which they cultivated peas , beans , and cabbages , and the lady was not ashamed to go out at harvest time , and glean in the fields to supply her little son 's wants . ` Jack , that poor lady is your mother . This castle was once your father 's , and must again be yours . ' Jack uttered a cry of surprise . ` My mother ! oh , madam , what ought I to do ? My poor father ! My dear mother ! ' ` Your duty requires you to win it back for your mother . But the task is a very difficult one , and full of peril , Jack . Have you courage to undertake it ? ' ' I fear nothing when I am doing right , ' said Jack .
` Then , ' said the lady in the red cap , ` you are one XXXXX those who slay giants .
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