She was so hungry that she at once sat down to the table, and then she perceived to her surprise that it was laid for two! "'Can the bull be coming to sup with me ?' she said to herself, half laughing at the idea.

And she added aloud, 'Come if you like, Mr.Bull; I find your house very pretty, and I thank you for your hospitality.' "And as she said the words, a voice which somehow seemed familiar to her, replied, "'I thank you, gracious Princess, for your permission.

Without it I could not have entered your presence as I do now,' and looking up, she saw, coming in by another door that she had not noticed, a most unexpected visitor.
"It was not the bull, it was a young Prince such as our pretty Princess, who was not without her daydreams, like other young girls, had sometimes pictured to herself as coming on a splendid horse, with his followers around him in gallant attire, to ask her of her parents.

He was well made and manly, with a bright and pleasant expression, and dressed, of course, to perfection.

The Princess glanced at her plain black robe in vexation, and her fair face flushed.
"'I knew not,' she began.