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So, whenever they came to grand castles, and woods, and parks, and she asked whose they were? the beggar's answer was still the same: 'Oh: they are Hacon Grizzlebeard's. And the Princess was in a sad way that she had not chosen the man who had such broad lands.
We will quote one passage, Grizzlebeard's farewell: There is nothing at all that remains: nor any house; nor any castle, however strong; nor any love, however tender and sound; nor any comradeship among men, however hardy. Nothing remains but the things of which I will not speak, because we have spoken enough of them already during these four days.
When she passed out of her father's land into another, she asked whose it was? 'Oh! this is Hacon Grizzlebeard's, if you must know', said he. 'Indeed! said the Princess; 'I might have married him if I chose, and then I should not have had to walk about like a beggar's wife.
So when she was about to go home at even, the Prince said: 'We don't know much of this old wife of Hacon Grizzlebeard's, I think we'd best see if she has taken anything away with her. So he thrust his hand into all her pockets, and felt her all over, and when he found the bread, he was in a great rage, and led them all a sad life.
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