But Halvor was so ragged and torn with following the West Wind through bushes and bogs that he kept on one side , and would not go among the crowd until the last day , when the feast was to be held at noon . So when , as was the usage and custom , all were to drink to the bride and the young girls who were present , the cup-bearer filled the cup for each in turn , both bride and bridegroom , and knights and servants , and at last , after a very long time , he came to Halvor . He drank their health , and then slipped the ring which the Princess had put on his finger when they were sitting by the waterside into the glass , and ordered the cup-bearer to carry the glass to the bride from him and greet her . Then the Princess at once rose up from the table , and said , ` Who is most worthy to have one of us -- he who has delivered us from the Trolls or he who is sitting here as bridegroom ? ' There could be but one opinion as to that , everyone thought , and when Halvor heard what they said he was not long in flinging off his beggar 's rags and arraying himself as a bridegroom . ` Yes , he is the right one , ' cried the youngest Princess when she caught sight of him ; so she flung the other out of the window and held her wedding with Halvor . -LRB- 2 -RRB- -LRB- 2 -RRB- From P. C. Asbjornsen . THE DEATH OF KOSHCHEI THE DEATHLESS IN a certain kingdom there lived a Prince Ivan . He had three sisters . The first was the Princess Marya , the second the Princess Olga , the third the Princess Anna . When their father and mother lay at the point of death , they had thus enjoined their son : ` Give your sisters in marriage to the very first suitors who come to woo them . Do n't go keeping them by you ! ' They died , and the Prince buried them , and then , to solace his grief , he went with his sisters into the garden green to stroll . Suddenly the sky was covered by a black cloud ; a terrible storm arose . ` Let us go home , sisters ! ' he cried . Hardly had they got into the palace , when the thunder pealed , the ceiling split open , and into the room where they were came flying a falcon bright . The Falcon smote upon the ground , became a brave youth , and said : ` Hail , Prince Ivan ! Before I came as a guest , but now I have come as a wooer ! I wish to propose for your sister , the Princess Marya . '
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