So she told him where they were. One of them had been taken
away by a Troll to his castle, which was six miles off, and the other
had been carried off to a castle which was nine miles farther off still

`But now,' said she, `you must first help me to get this dead
body away from here.'

Halvor was so strong that he cleared everything away, and made
all clean and tidy very quickly. So then they ate and drank, and
were happy, and next morning he set off in the grey light of dawn.
He gave himself no rest, but walked or ran the livelong day.
When he came in sight of the castle he was again just a little afraid.
It was much more splendid than the other, but here too there was
not a human being to be seen. So Halvor went into the kitchen,
and did not linger there either, but went straight in.

`Nay! do Christian folk dare to come here?' cried the second
Princess. `I know not how long it is since I myself came, but during
all that time I have never seen a Christian man. It will be better for
you to depart at once, for a Troll lives here who has six heads.'

`No, I shall not go,' said Halvor; `even if he had six more I
would not.'

`He will swallow you up alive,' said the Princess.

But she spoke to no purpose, for Halvor would not go; he was
not afraid of the Troll, but he wanted some meat and drink, for he
was hungry after his journey. So she gave him as much as he
would have, and then she once more tried to make him go away.