`` My daughter is about to be married , '' said the King ; `` will you give her away ? '' `` I shall be charmed , sire . '' Soon after came the Princess and her betrothed . `` Why , how is this ? '' cried the young captain ; `` would you marry this charming princess to such a man as that ? '' `` But he is my prime minister 's son ! '' `` What does that matter ? I can not give your daughter away . The man she is betrothed to is one of my servants . '' `` Your servant ? '' `` Without doubt . I met him in a distant town reduced to carrying away dust and rubbish from the houses . I had pity on him and engaged him as one of my servants . '' `` It is impossible ! '' cried the King . `` Do you wish me to prove what I say ? This young man returned in a vessel which I fitted out for him , an unseaworthy ship with a black battered hull , and the sailors were infirm and crippled . '' `` It is quite true , '' said the King . `` It is false , '' cried the minister 's son . `` I do not know this man ! ''
`` Sire , '' said the young captain , `` order your daughter 's betrothed to be stripped , and see if the mark XXXXX my ring is not branded upon his back . ''
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