Now I will sing to you again ; but you must promise me one thing -- ' ` Anything ! ' said the Emperor , standing up in his Imperial robes , which he had himself put on , and fastening on his sword richly embossed with gold . ` One thing I beg of you ! Do n't tell anyone that you have a little bird who tells you everything . It will be much better not to ! ' Then the Nightingale flew away . The servants came in to look at their dead Emperor . The Emperor said , ` Good-morning ! ' HERMOD AND HADVOR -LRB- 32 -RRB- -LRB- 32 -RRB- From the Icelandic . Once upon a time there were a King and a Queen who had an only daughter , called Hadvor , who was fair and beautiful , and being an only child , was heir to the kingdom . The King and Queen had also a foster son , named Hermod , who was just about the same age as Hadvor , and was good-looking , as well as clever at most things . Hermod and Hadvor often played together while they were children , and liked each other so much that while they were still young they secretly plighted their troth to each other . As time went on the Queen fell sick , and suspecting that it was her last illness , sent for the King to come to her . When he came she told him that she had no long time to live , and therefore wished to ask one thing of him , which was , that if he married another wife he should promise to take no other one than the Queen of Hetland the Good . The King gave the promise , and thereafter the Queen died . Time went past , and the King , growing tired of living alone , fitted out his ship and sailed out to sea . As he sailed there came upon him so thick a mist that he altogether lost his bearings , but after long trouble he found land . There he laid his ship to , and went on shore all alone . After walking for some time he came to a forest , into which he went a little way and stopped . Then he heard sweet music from a harp , and went in the direction of the sound until he came to a clearing , and there he saw three women , one of whom sat on a golden chair , and was beautifully and grandly dressed ; she held a harp in her hands , and was very sorrowful .
The second was also finely dressed , but younger in appearance , and also sat on a XXXXX , but it was not so grand as the first one 's .
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