` Hail , Prince ! ' says she ; ` whither does God send you ? and is it of your free will or against your will ? ' Prince Ivan replied , ` Not against their will do brave youths ride ! ' ` Well , if your business be not pressing , tarry awhile in my tent . ' Thereat was Prince Ivan glad . He spent two nights in the tent , and he found favour in the eyes of Marya Morevna , and she married him . The fair Princess , Marya Morevna , carried him off into her own realm . They spent some time together , and then the Princess took it into her head to go a warring . So she handed over all the house-keeping affairs to Prince Ivan , and gave him these instructions : ` Go about everywhere , keep watch over everything ; only do not venture to look into that closet there . ' He could n't help doing so . The moment Marya Morevna had gone he rushed to the closet , pulled open the door , and looked in -- there hung Koshchei the Deathless , fettered by twelve chains . Then Koshchei entreated Prince Ivan , saying : ` Have pity upon me and give me to drink ! Ten years long have I been here in torment , neither eating nor drinking ; my throat is utterly dried up . ' The Prince gave him a bucketful of water ; he drank it up and asked for more , saying : ' A single bucket of water will not quench my thirst ; give me more ! ' The Prince gave him a second bucketful . Koshchei drank it up and asked for a third , and when he had swallowed the third bucketful , he regained his former strength , gave his chains a shake , and broke all twelve at once . ` Thanks , Prince Ivan ! ' cried Koshchei the Deathless , ` now you will sooner see your own ears than Marya Morevna ! ' and out of the window he flew in the shape of a terrible whirlwind .
And he came up with the fair Princess Marya Morevna as she was going her way , laid hold XXXXX her and carried her off home with him .
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