"the princess told me when she gave me the box never to open it that it contained a very precious thing. but now that i have no home, now that i have lost everything that was dear to me here, and my heart grows thin with sadness, at such a time, if i open the box, surely i shall find something that will help me, something that will show me the way back to my beautiful princess over the sea. there is nothing else for me to do now. yes, yes, i will open the box and look in!"