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 East of the Sun and West of the Moon. 240 and began spinning on the spinning-wheel, and that the princess with the long nose wanted also to have. She opened the casement and asked the girl what she wanted for it. The girl told her, as she had done twice before, that it was not for sale either for gold or money, but if she might sit in the arm-chair by the prince's bed side that night she should have it. Yes, she might do that. But there were some Christian people who had been carried off and were imprisoned in the room next to the prince's, and they had heard that some woman had been in his room and wept and cried and called his nåme two nights running, and this they told the prince. In the evening, when the princess came and brought him his drink, he made appear as if he drank, but he threw it over his shoulder, for he felt sure she had put a sleeping draught in his drink. So when the girl came into his room that night she found the prince wide awake, and then she told him how she had come there. "You have just come in time," said the prince, "for to-morrow I was to be married to the princess ; but I won't have that Longnose, and you are the only one that can save me. I will say that I shall wanttoseewhatmybridecando, andifsheisfittobemy wife ; then I will ask her to wash the shirt with the three tallow stains on it. She will try, for she does not know that it is you who dropped the tallow on the shirt ; but that can only be done by Christian folks, and not by a pack of trolls like wc have in this place ; and so I will say that I will not have anybody else for a bride except the one who can wash the shirt clean, and I know you can do that." And they felt very glad and happy, and they went on talking all night about the joyful time in store for them. The next day, when the wedding was to take place, the prince said: "I thinkImust see firstwhat my bridecan do!"—" Yes, quite so ! " said the stepmother. — " I have got a very fine shirt, which lam going to use for my wedding shirt ; but there are three tallow stains on it which I want washed out ; and I have made a vow that I will not take any other woman for a wife than the one