The crowd of watchers turned towards the queen , expecting to see her stoop and give some token to the victor . Instead , to the surprise of everyone , she merely smiled gracefully , and said that before she bestowed her hand one more test must be imposed , but this should be the last . The final tourney should be fought ; Geirald and Rosald should meet singly two knights of the king 's court , and he who could unhorse his foe should be master of herself and of her kingdom . The combat was fixed to take place at ten o'clock the following day . All night long Geirald walked about his room , not daring to face the fight that lay in front of him , and trying with all his might to discover some means of escaping it . All night long he moved restlessly from door to window ; and when the trumpets sounded , and the combatants rode into the field , he alone was missing . The king sent messengers to see what had become of him , and he was found , trembling with fear , hiding under his bed . After that there was no need of any further proof . The combat was declared unnecessary , and the queen pronounced herself quite satisfied , and ready to accept Rosald as her husband . ` You forgot one thing , ' she said , when they were alone . ' I recognized my father 's ring which Hankur the Tall had stolen , on the finger of your right hand , and I knew that it was you and not Geirald who had slain the robber band . I was the page who fought you , and again I saw the ring on your finger , though it was absent from his when he stood before me to claim the prize . That was why I ordered the combat between you , though your faith to your word prevented my plan being successful , and I had to try another . The man who keeps his promise at all costs to himself is the man I can trust , both for myself and for my people . ' So they were married , and returned to their own kingdom , which they ruled well and happily . And many years after a poor beggar knocked at the palace gates and asked for money , for the sake of days gone by -- and this was Geirald . -LSB- From Neuislandischem Volksmarcher . -RSB- Habogi Once upon a time there lived two peasants who had three daughters , and , as generally happens , the youngest was the most beautiful and the best tempered , and when her sisters wanted to go out she was always ready to stay at home and do their work . Years passed quickly with the whole family , and one day the parents suddenly perceived that all three girls were grown up , and that very soon they would be thinking of marriage . ` Have you decided what your husband 's name is to be ? '
said the father , laughingly , to his eldest daughter , one evening when they were all sitting at the door XXXXX their cottage .
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