She hurried her back to the castle, and the Princess--more sure than ever that some mysterious trouble was in question--could get no explanation.
"She did not see the king and queen that night, and the next morning a strange thing happened--her white and golden robe was missing.

And all that her attendants could tell her was that it had been taken away by the queen's orders.
"'Then,' said the Princess, 'there is some sad trouble afloat which is hidden from me.' "And when she went to her turret room, and found, as before, that the windows were all closed, so that she could not see out, she sat down and cried with distress and anxiety.
"And, again, about mid-day, the same confused noises were to be heard.

A sound of horses and people moving about in the courtyard, a tramping of heavy feet, and through all a faint and smothered weeping.

The Princess could bear her anxiety no longer.

She drew back the curtains, and unfastened the shutters, and leaned out.