wishes are fulfilled. She has been clever enough to show you the
road. So you must follow that same road this very evening to the
room of your darling."

So the prince went to the garden with the counsellor's son by the
road that the old woman had shown them. And there he saw the
rope-swing hanging down, and servants above keeping an eye on
the road. And when he got into the swing, the servants at the
window pulled at the rope and he came to his darling. And when
he had gone in, the counsellor's son went back to the old woman's
house.

But the prince saw Lily, and her face was beautiful like the full
moon, and the moonlight of her beauty shone forth, like the night
when the moon shines in secret because of the dark. And when she
saw him, she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him. So
he married her and stayed hidden with her for some days.

One day he said to his wife: "My dear, my friend the counsellor's
son came with me, and he is staying all alone at the old woman's
house. I must go and see him, then I will come back."

But Lily was shrewd and said: "My dear, I must ask you
something. Did you understand the signs I made, or was it the
counsellor's son?" And the prince said to her: "My dear, I did not
understand them all, but my friend has wonderful wisdom. He
understood everything and told me." Then the sweet girl thought,
and said: "My dear, you did wrong not to tell me before. Your
friend is a real brother to me. I ought to have sent him some nuts
and other nice things at the very first."