But he had hidden in a dark corner and was laughing to himself all the time . Quite early next morning came the Lord Chamberlain , carrying a lamp and he nearly fell backwards with surprise when he saw the shepherd alive and well . He brought him to the king , whose fury was greater than ever , but who cried : ` Well , now you have been near a hundred deaths ; will you say : `` To your good health '' ? ' But the shepherd only gave the same answer : ' I wo n't say it till the princess is my wife . ' ` Perhaps after all you may do it for less , ' said the king , who saw that there was no chance of making away with the shepherd ; and he ordered the state coach to be got ready , then he made the shepherd get in with him and sit beside him , and ordered the coachman to drive to the silver wood . When they reached it he said : ` Do you see this silver wood ? Well , if you will say , `` To your good health , '' I will give it to you . ' The shepherd turned hot and cold by turns , but he still persisted : ' I will not say it till the princess is my wife . ' The king was much vexed ; he drove further on till they came to a splendid castle , all of gold , and then he said : ` Do you see this golden castle ? Well , I will give you that too , the silver wood and the golden castle , if only you will say that one thing to me : `` To your good health . '' ' The shepherd gaped and wondered and was quite dazzled , but he still said : ` No ; I will not say it till I have the princess for my wife . ' This time the king was overwhelmed with grief , and gave orders to drive on to the diamond pond , and there he tried once more . ` Do you see this diamond pond ? I will give you that too , the silver wood and the golden castle and the diamond pond . You shall have them all -- all -- if you will but say : `` To your good health ! '' ' The shepherd had to shut his staring eyes tight not to be dazzled with the brilliant pond , but still he said : ` No , no ; I will not say it till I have the princess for my wife . ' Then the king saw that all his efforts were useless , and that he might as well give in , so he said : ` Well , well , it 's all the same to me -- I will give you my daughter to wife ; but , then , you really and truly must say to me : `` To your good health . '' ' ` Of course I 'll say it ; why should I not say it ? It stands to reason that I shall say it then . ' At this the king was more delighted than anyone could have believed .
He made it known all through the country that there were XXXXX be great rejoicings , as the princess was going to be married .
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