The smith then had to go in at the window, just as he came out,
and went and laid himself all his length on the left side of the
princess's chest, close up to it, and there he lay stiff as a
rock until the clock struck twelve. Then the lid sprang up to
the right, and the princess came out, straight over him, and
rushed round the church, howling and shrieking 'Sentry, where are
you? Sentry, where are you?' She went towards the altar, and
right up to it, but there was no one there; then she screamed
again,

My father has set no sentry in,
War and Pest will now begin.

Then she went round the whole church, both up and down, sighing
and weeping,

My father has set no sentry in,
War and Pest will now begin.

Then she went away again, and at the same moment the clock in the
tower struck one.

Then the smith heard in the church a soft music, which grew
louder and louder, and soon filled the whole building. He heard
also a multitude of footsteps, as if the church was being filled
with people. He heard the priest go through the service in front
of the altar, and there was singing more beautiful than he had
ever heard before. Then he also heard the priest offer up a
prayer of thanksgiving because the land had been freed from war
and pestilence, and from all misfortune, and the king's daughter