Then the King in a great hurry sent for his pages and said:

'If you can find the little kitchen-maid, bring her to me at
once.'

'Nothing could be easier, Sire,' they answered, 'for she is in
the Chamber of Echoes.'

The King was very much puzzled when he heard this. How could the
lovely Princess Fiordelisa be a little kitchen-maid? or how could
a little kitchen-maid have Fiordelisa's own voice? So he dressed
hastily, and ran down a little secret staircase which led to the
Chamber of Echoes. There, upon a heap of soft cushions, sat his
lovely Princess. She had laid aside all her ugly disguises and
wore a white silken robe, and her golden hair shone in the soft
lamp-light. The King was overjoyed at the sight, and rushed to
throw himself at her feet, and asked her a thousand questions
without giving her time to answer one. Fiordelisa was equally
happy to be with him once more, and nothing troubled them but the
remembrance of the Fairy Mazilla. But at this moment in came the
Enchanter, and with him a famous Fairy, the same in fact who had
given Fiordelisa the eggs. After greeting the King and Queen,
they said that as they were united in wishing to help King
Charming, the Fairy Mazilla had no longer any power against him,
and he might marry Fiordelisa as soon as he pleased. The King's
joy may be imagined, and as soon as it was day the news was
spread through the palace, and everybody who saw Fiordelisa loved
her directly. When Turritella heard what had happened she came
running to the King, and when she saw Fiordelisa with him she was