Stranica 55 [55]
THE RAVEN. 31
he had all this he was no longer to be seen; but laying about
him well, he gave them all a sound thrashing, crying out,
“ Now, you good-for-nothing fellows, you have got what you
deserve ; perhaps you will be satisfied now !"
Then he rode up the glass mountain, and when he reached
the castle gates he found them locked ; but he beat with his
stick upon the door and it opened at once. And he walked
in, and up the stairs to the great room where sat the Princess
with a golden cup and wine before her: she could not see him
so long as the cloak was on him, but drawing near to her he
pulled off the ring she had given him, and threw it into the
cup with a clang.
‘This is my ring,” she cried, “and the man who 15 to set
me free must be here too !”
But though she sought through the whole castle she found
him not; he had gone outside, seated himself on his horse,
and thrown off the cloak. And when she came to look out
at the door, she saw him and shrieked out for joy; and he
dismounted and took her in his arms, and she kissed him,
saying,
" Now hast thou set me free from my enchantment, and
to-morrow we will be married.”