` Where ? ' asked the ogre . ` In my house . I know it is all ready . ' ` But it is so far off -- why not stay here ? ' ` Oh , I will come another day ; but this evening I must be your host . ' So the ogre accompanied the prince and his attendants back to the palace . After a while the prince turned to the ogre and said : ` It is as a wooer that I appear before you . I seek a wife from an honourable family . ' ` But I have no daughter , ' replied the ogre . ` Oh , yes you have , I saw her at the window . ' ` Well , you can marry her if you wish , ' said he . So the prince 's heart was glad as he and his attendants rode back with the ogre to his house . And as they parted , the prince said to his guest , ` You will not forget the bargain we have made ? ' ' I am not a young man , and never break my promises , ' said the ogre , and went in and shut the door . Upstairs he found the maiden , waiting till he returned to have her supper , for she did not like eating by herself . ' I have had my supper , ' said the ogre , ` for I have been spending the evening with the prince . ' ` Where did you meet him ? ' asked the girl . ` Oh , we are neighbours , and grew up together , and to-night I promised that you should be his wife . ' '
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