at last she arrived in front of a great lake, and when she had crossed it, she came to a large and beautiful castle. she went and asked for a place; she was a poor girl, she said, and would like to be hired. she knew, however, that the king’s son whom she had released from the iron stove in the great forest was in the castle. then she was taken as a scullery-maid at low wages. but, already the king’s son had another maiden by his side whom he wanted to marry, for he thought that she had long been dead.