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When they retired to rest, the knight placed his sword in the bed. "Why do you do that?" inquired the princess. "Because I have sworn not to sleep in a bed until after I have revisited Albastretch." And on the following day he mounted his steed and took his way to the enchanted castle, much fearing that some misfortune had happened to his brother there.
As he entered the city gates the sentinels presented arms, the drums beat the royal march and several of the palace servitors surrounded him, saying that the princess was in constant tears through his prolonged absence, fearing that some misfortune had happened to him in the enchanted castle of Albastretch.
"That," responded the princess, "is the castle of Albastretch; it is enchanted, and no one is able to undo the enchantment; and no one of all those who have gone to it has ever been known to return." The knight listened intently to this, and as he was valiant and adventurous, on the following morning he mounted his horse, seized his lance, and set out for the castle.
"I am called Lady Berberisca," interposed the old woman, very crossly; "and I am the mistress of Albastretch." "Wretch! wretch!" groaned the echoes. "Won't you be silent, cursed chatterers?" exclaimed Lady Berberisca. "I am your humble servant," she continued, making a deep curtsey to the knight, "and if you like I will be your wife, and you shall live with me here as grand as a Pacha."
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