Then she has no power over you , and both you and she are freed . ' The smith then had to go in at the window , just as he came out , and went and laid himself all his length on the left side of the princess 's chest , close up to it , and there he lay stiff as a rock until the clock struck twelve . Then the lid sprang up to the right , and the princess came out , straight over him , and rushed round the church , howling and shrieking ` Sentry , where are you ? Sentry , where are you ? ' She went towards the altar , and right up to it , but there was no one there ; then she screamed again , My father has set no sentry in , War and Pest will now begin . Then she went round the whole church , both up and down , sighing and weeping , My father has set no sentry in , War and Pest will now begin . Then she went away again , and at the same moment the clock in the tower struck one . Then the smith heard in the church a soft music , which grew louder and louder , and soon filled the whole building . He heard also a multitude of footsteps , as if the church was being filled with people . He heard the priest go through the service in front of the altar , and there was singing more beautiful than he had ever heard before . Then he also heard the priest offer up a prayer of thanksgiving because the land had been freed from war and pestilence , and from all misfortune , and the king 's daughter delivered from the evil one . Many voices joined in , and a hymn of praise was sung ; then he heard the priest again , and heard his own name and that of the princess , and thought that he was being wedded to her . The church was packed full , but he could see nothing . Then he heard again the many footsteps as ol' folk leaving the church , while the music sounded fainter and fainter , until it altogether died away . When it was silent , the light of day began to break in through the windows . The smith sprang up out of the chest and fell on his knees and thanked God . The church was empty , but up in front of the altar lay the princess , white and red , like a human being , but sobbing and crying , and shaking with cold in her white shroud . The smith took his sentry coat and wrapped it round her ; then she dried her tears , and took his hand and thanked him , and said that he had now freed her from all the sorcery that had been in her from her birth , and which had come over her again when her father broke the command against seeing her until she had completed her fourteenth year . She said further , that if he who had delivered her would take her in marriage , she would be his . If not , she would go into a nunnery , and he could marry no other as long as she lived , for he was wedded to her with the service of the dead , which he had heard .
She was now the most beautiful young princess that anyone could wish to see , and he was now lord XXXXX half the kingdom , which had been promised him for standing on guard the third nigh .
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