When the king 's son awoke the next morning he inquired of the servants where his friend had gone , as he did not see him . ` He died suddenly last night , ' said they , ` and is to be buried immediately . ' But the king 's son sprang up , and cried , ` If my friend is dead I can stay here no longer , and can not linger an hour in this house . ' ` Oh , give up your journey and remain here , ' exclaimed the king , ` and you shall have my daughter for your wife . ' ` No , ' answered the king 's son , ' I can not stay ; but , I pray you , grant my request , and give me a good horse , and let me go in peace , and when I have fulfilled my vow then I will return and marry your daughter . ' So the king , seeing no words would move him , ordered a horse to be brought round , and the king 's son mounted it , and took his dead friend before him on the saddle , and rode away . Now the young man was not really dead , but only in a deep sleep . When the king 's son reached the shrine of St. James he got down from his horse , took his friend in his arms as if he had been a child , and laid him before the altar . ` St. James , ' he said , ' I have fulfilled the vow my parents made for me . I have come myself to your shrine , and have brought my friend . I place him in your hands . Restore him to life , I pray , for though he be dead yet has he fulfilled his vow also . ' And , behold ! while he yet prayed his friend got up and stood before him as well as ever . And both the young men gave thanks , and set their faces towards home . When they arrived at the town where the king dwelt they entered the small house over against the castle . The news of their coming spread very soon , and the king rejoiced greatly that the handsome young prince had come back again , and commanded great feasts to be prepared , for in a few days his daughter should marry the king 's son . The young man himself could imagine no greater happiness , and when the marriage was over they spent some months at the court making merry . At length the king 's son said , ` My mother awaits me at home , full of care and anxiety . Here I must remain no longer , and to-morrow I will take my wife and my friend and start for home . '
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