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248 "I shall never more attempt to make war with you!"

Foma was quite agreeable to this, for he had no desire to be in any more battles.

When Elie Muromitch and Aleyosha Papovitch, junior, heard all that had happened they marvelled greatly.

Foma Berennekoff then returned to the white king,

"How can I reward you?" asked the white king. "Take from the royal treasury as much gold as you please, or you may have half of my kingdom, or if you like you may marry the beautiful princess, my daughter."

"I think I would rather marry the princess, if she would care to have me; and I should also like my two younger brothers, Elie Muromitch and Aleyosha Papovitch, junior, to be asked to the wedding."

So Foma Berennekoff married the beautiful princess, and lived with her in the palace very happily, and was lucky all his life, and until his death he was always known and spoken of as the great and powerful warrior, Foma Berennekoff.