The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16 · page 21 2101Suddenly he felt so sleepy that he could not stand up, and throwing himself on the ground he sank into a deep slumber, not knowing that the dark lad was watching him.102Nothing could waken him, not even the sound of sweetest music, nor the touch of a lady who bent over him.103A sad look came on her face, as she saw it was no use, and at last she gave it up, and lifting his arm, wrote her name across the side--‘the daughter of the king of the town under the waves.’104‘I will come to-morrow,’ she whispered, though he could not hear her, and she went sorrowfully away.105Then he awoke, and the dark lad told him what had befallen him, and he was very grieved.106But the dark lad did not tell him of the name that was written underneath his arm.107On the following morning the fisher’s son again went to the church, determined that he would not go to sleep, whatever happened.108But in his hurry to enter he touched with his hand the spike of hurt, and sank down where he stood, wrapped in slumber.109A second time the air was filled with music, and the lady came in, stepping softly, but though she laid his head on her knee, and combed his hair with a golden comb, his eyes opened not.110Then she burst into tears, and placing a beautifully wrought box in his pocket she went her way.111The next day the same thing befell the fisher’s son, and this time the lady wept more bitterly than before, for she said it was the last chance, and she would never be allowed to come any more, for home she must go.1 2← previousThe Lilac Fairy Book, part 15next →The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17↑ back to The Lilac Fairy BookThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/page/2/