so she begged him to come in, that she might talk with him, for she hadn't seen a christian soul ever since she came there. but when she opened the door the lions wanted to go in too, but she got so frightened that she began to scream, and so the lad let them lie outside. then the two talked and talked, and the lad asked how it came that she, who was so lovely, could put up with those ugly trolls. she never wished it, she said; 'twas quite against her will.