With much difficulty the youth put the heavy chest on his shoulders and carried it on board the ship , the princess walking by his side . Then he took the helm and steered the vessel back to her father 's kingdom . The king 's joy at receiving back his lost daughter was so great that he almost fainted , but when he recovered himself he made the young man tell him how everything had really happened . ` You have found her , and you shall marry her , ' said the king ; and so it was done . And this is the end of the story . -LSB- From Ungarische Mahrchen . -RSB- The Three Robes Long , long ago , a king and queen reigned over a large and powerful country . What their names were nobody knows , but their son was called Sigurd , and their daughter Lineik , and these young people were famed throughout the whole kingdom for their wisdom and beauty . There was only a year between them , and they loved each other so much that they could do nothing apart . When they began to grow up the king gave them a house of their own to live in , with servants and carriages , and everything they could possibly want . For many years they all lived happily together , and then the queen fell ill , and knew that she would never get better . ` Promise me two things , ' she said one day to the king ; ` one , that if you marry again , as indeed you must , you will not choose as your wife a woman from some small state or distant island , who knows nothing of the world , and will be taken up with thoughts of her grandeur . But rather seek out a princess of some great kingdom , who has been used to courts all her life , and holds them at their true worth . The other thing I have to ask is , that you will never cease to watch over our children , who will soon become your greatest joy . ' These were the queen 's last words , and a few hours later she was dead . The king was so bowed down with sorrow that he would not attend even to the business of the kingdom , and at last his Prime Minister had to tell him that the people were complaining that they had nobody to right their wrongs . ` You must rouse yourself , sir , ' went on the minister , ` and put aside your own sorrows for the sake of your country . ' ` You do not spare me , ' answered the king ; ` but what you say is just , and your counsel is good . I have heard that men say , likewise , that it will be for the good of my kingdom for me to marry again , though my heart will never cease to be with my lost wife . But it was her wish also ; therefore , to you I entrust the duty of finding a lady fitted to share my throne ; only , see that she comes neither from a small town nor a remote island . '
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