The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2 · page 21 2101But how could such a recipe be prepared--that was a difficulty they could not overcome.102At last it was decided that help could only come from the princess herself, whose whole soul was wrapped up in her father, especially as a plan had been adopted by her to enable her to obtain a remedy.103More than a year had passed since the princess had set out at night, when the light of the young moon was soon lost beneath the horizon.104She had gone to the marble sphinx in the desert, shaking the sand from her sandals, and then passed through the long passage, which leads to the centre of one of the great pyramids, where the mighty kings of antiquity, surrounded with pomp and splendor, lie veiled in the form of mummies.105She had been told by the wise men, that if she laid her head on the breast of one of them, from the head she would learn where to find life and recovery for her father.106She had performed all this, and in a dream had learnt that she must bring home to her father the lotus flower, which grows in the deep sea, near the moors and heath in the Danish land.107The very place and situation had been pointed out to her, and she was told that the flower would restore her father to health and strength.108And, therefore, she had gone forth from the land of Egypt, flying over to the open marsh and the wild moor in the plumage of a swan.1 2← previousThe Marsh King's Daughter, part 1next →The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3↑ back to Fairy Tales of Hans Christian AndersenThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/page/2/