Come back to the palace at once with me.' "'I have often talked to Bruna before,' said the Princess gently, 'and I never was blamed for doing so.

She is a pretty girl, and I have known her all my life.

Some one said she was betrothed to one of my father's huntsmen, and I would like to ask if it is true.

Perhaps they are too poor to marry, and it may be for that she is weeping.' "Bruna heard what the Princess said, and wept still more violently.

'Ah, yes, it is true!' she said, 'but never, never shall I now be married to him.' "But the Princess's governess would not let her wait to ask more.