Down came the Giant with a terrible crash , and as he fell on his head , he broke his neck , and lay dead at the feet of the woman he had so much injured . Before Jack and his mother had recovered from their alarm and agitation , a beautiful lady stood before them . ` Jack , ' said she , ` you have acted like a brave knight 's son , and deserve to have your inheritance restored to you . Dig a grave and bury the Giant , and then go and kill the Giantess . ' ` But , ' said Jack , ' I could not kill anyone unless I were fighting with him ; and I could not draw my sword upon a woman . Moreover , the Giantess was very kind to me . ' The Fairy smiled on Jack . ' I am very much pleased with your generous feeling , ' she said . ` Nevertheless , return to the castle , and act as you will find needful . ' Jack asked the Fairy if she would show him the way to the castle , as the Beanstalk was now down . She told him that she would drive him there in her chariot , which was drawn by two peacocks . Jack thanked her , and sat down in the chariot with her . The Fairy drove him a long distance round , till they reached a village which lay at the bottom of the hill . Here they found a number of miserable-looking men assembled . The Fairy stopped her carriage and addressed them : ` My friends , ' said she , ` the cruel giant who oppressed you and ate up all your flocks and herds is dead , and this young gentleman was the means of your being delivered from him , and is the son of your kind old master , the knight . ' The men gave a loud cheer at these words , and pressed forward to say that they would serve Jack as faithfully as they had served his father . The Fairy bade them follow her to the castle , and they marched thither in a body , and Jack blew the horn and demanded admittance . The old Giantess saw them coming from the turret loop-hole . She was very much frightened , for she guessed that something had happened to her husband ; and as she came downstairs very fast she caught her foot in her dress , and fell from the top to the bottom and broke her neck . When the people outside found that the door was not opened to them , they took crowbars and forced the portal .
Nobody was XXXXX be seen , but on leaving the hall they found the body of the Giantess at the foot of the stairs .
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