As the prince had expected the peas had taken root , and grown into a little hedge , so that they were sure they would not lose the path . As they fled , the girl told him that she had overheard a conversation between the old man and his grandmother , saying that she was a king 's daughter , whom the old fellow had obtained by cunning from her parents . The prince , who knew all about the affair , was silent , though he was glad from his heart that it had fallen to his lot to set her free . So they went on till the day began to dawn . The old man slept very late that morning , and rubbed his eyes till he was properly awake . Then he remembered that very soon the couple were to present themselves before him . After waiting and waiting till quite a long time had passed , he said to himself , with a grin , ` Well , they are not in much hurry to be married , ' and waited again . At last he grew a little uneasy , and cried loudly , ` Man and maid ! what has become of you ? ' After repeating this many times , he became quite frightened , but , call as he would , neither man nor maid appeared . At last he jumped angrily out of bed to go in search of the culprits , but only found an empty house , and beds that had never been slept in . Then he went straight to the stable , where the sight of the dead calf told him all . Swearing loudly , he opened the door of the third stall quickly , and cried to his goblin servants to go and chase the fugitives . ` Bring them to me , however you may find them , for have them I must ! ' he said . So spake the old man , and the servants fled like the wind . The runaways were crossing a great plain , when the maiden stopped . ` Something has happened ! ' she said . ` The ball moves in my hand , and I 'm sure we are being followed ! '
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