You are so beautiful, grandmother.' 'But I am very old.' 'And I suppose I am very young.

You won't mind sleeping with such a very young woman, grandmother ?' 'You sweet little pertness!' said the old lady, and drew her towards her, and kissed her on the forehead and the cheek and the mouth.

Then she got a large silver basin, and having poured some water into it made Irene sit on the chair, and washed her feet.

This done, she was ready for bed.

And oh, what a delicious bed it was into which her grandmother laid her! She hardly could have told she was lying upon anything: she felt nothing but the softness.
The old lady having undressed herself lay down beside her.
'Why don't you put out your moon ?' asked the princess.
'That never goes out, night or day,' she answered.