The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37 · page 21 2101The youth put spurs to his horse and departed, bidding the prince farewell, so that the king’s message might be delivered the sooner.102As soon as he had started the king went to the chamber of the prince, and said to him, “If you do not start immediately, you will never reach the place where you must camp for the night.”103“I cannot start without my friend,” replied the king’s son.104“Oh, he will be back in an hour,” replied the king, “and I will give him my best horse, so that he will be sure to catch you up.”105The king’s son allowed himself to be persuaded and took leave of his father-in-law, and set out with his wife on his journey home.1 2← previousThe Crimson Fairy Book, part 36next →The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38↑ back to The Crimson Fairy BookThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/page/2/