So she gave him the Troll 's sword , and bade him take a drink from the flask to enable him to wield it . At that same moment the Troll came , breathing hard , and he was ever so much bigger and stouter than either of the others , and he too was forced to go sideways to get in through the door . ` Hutetu ! what a smell of Christian blood there is here ! ' said he . Then Halvor cut off the first head , and after that the others , but the last was the toughest of them all , and it was the hardest work that Halvor had ever done to get it off , but he still believed that he would have strength enough to do it . And now all the Princesses came to the castle , and were together again , and they were happier than they had ever been in their lives ; and they were delighted with Halvor , and he with them , and he was to choose the one he liked best ; but of the three sisters the youngest loved him best . But Halvor went about and was so strange and so mournful and quiet that the Princesses asked what it was that he longed for , and if he did not like to be with them . He said that he did like to be with them , for they had enough to live on , and he was very comfortable there ; but he longed to go home , for his father and mother were alive , and he had a great desire to see them again . They thought that this might easily be done . ` You shall go and return in perfect safety if you will follow our advice , ' said the Princesses . So he said that he would do nothing that they did not wish . Then they dressed him so splendidly that he was like a King 's son ; and they put a ring on his finger , and it was one which would enable him to go there and back again by wishing , but they told him that he must not throw it away , or name their names ; for if he did , all his magnificence would be at an end , and then he would never see them more . ` If I were but at home again , or if home were but here ! ' said Halvor , and no sooner had he wished this than it was granted . Halvor was standing outside his father and mother 's cottage before he knew what he was about . The darkness of night was coming on , and when the father and mother saw such a splendid and stately stranger walk in , they were so startled that they both began to bow and curtsey . Halvor then inquired if he could stay there and have lodging for the night . No , that he certainly could not . ` We can give you no such accommodation , ' they said , ` for we have none of the things that are needful when a great lord like you is to be entertained .
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