At last he gave consent, and ordered out his royal yacht, with 100
cross-bows, 100 knights, and 1,000 soldiers, to escort the Princess
Helena.

Off sailed the yacht with the princess and her escort. The brothers
Simon came on board to conduct the princess to their ship, and, led
by the brothers and followed by her nurse and other women, she
crossed the crystal plank from one vessel to another.

The seventh Simon spread out his goods, and had so many curious
and interesting tales to tell about them, that the princess forgot
everything else in looking and listening, so that she did not know
that the fourth Simon had seized the prow of the ship, and that all
of a sudden it had vanished from sight, and was racing along in the
depths of the sea.

The crew of the royal yacht shouted aloud, the knights stood still
with terror, the soldiers were struck dumb and hung their heads.
There was nothing to be done but to sail back and tell the king of
his loss.

How he wept and stormed! 'Oh, light of my eyes,' he sobbed; 'I am
indeed punished for my pride. I thought no one good enough to be
your husband, and now you are lost in the depths of the sea, and
have left me alone! As for all of you who saw this thing--away with
you! Let them be put in irons and lock them up in prison, whilst I
think how I can best put them to death!'

Whilst the King of Busan was raging and lamenting in this fashion,
Simon's ship was swimming like any fish under the sea, and when