Now, this old woman had three daughters. When she reached home with the bear-like man, she called her eldest daughter, and said, "Now, my daughter, here is a man who delivered me from prison. As I can do nothing to reward him for his great kindness, I want you to take him for your husband."
The daughter replied, "Mother, why have you brought this ugly man here? No, I cannot marry him. I can find a better husband."
On hearing this harsh reply, the mother could not say a word. She called her second daughter, and explained her wishes to her; but the younger daughter refused, just as her sister had refused, and she made fun of the man.
The daughter replied, "Mother, why have you brought this ugly man here? No, I cannot marry him. I can find a better husband."
On hearing this harsh reply, the mother could not say a word. She called her second daughter, and explained her wishes to her; but the younger daughter refused, just as her sister had refused, and she made fun of the man.
— "Bearskin"
There was once a King who had a son who asked in marriage the daughter of a mighty King. She was called Maid Maleen, and was very beautiful. As her father wished to give her to another, the Prince was rejected.
But since they both loved each other with all their hearts, they would not give each other up, and Maid Maleen said to her father, "I can and will take no other for my husband."
Then the King flew into a passion, and ordered a dark tower to be built, into which no ray of sunlight or moonlight should enter. When it was finished, he said, “Therein shall you be imprisoned for seven years, and then I will come and see if your perverse spirit is broken.”
But since they both loved each other with all their hearts, they would not give each other up, and Maid Maleen said to her father, "I can and will take no other for my husband."
Then the King flew into a passion, and ordered a dark tower to be built, into which no ray of sunlight or moonlight should enter. When it was finished, he said, “Therein shall you be imprisoned for seven years, and then I will come and see if your perverse spirit is broken.”
— "Maid Maleen"
Don Alonso: "I want to tell you now, that a situation has come about that may see my efforts rewarded and crown my most ardent desires. The Count of Lemos, lord most noble and powerful of Galicia, favoured by the King and especially by the Infante Don Juan, has requested your hand in marriage and I have granted it."
Doña Beatriz: "Is that count not the same," said Doña Beatriz, "who, after having obtained from the noble Queen Doña María the town of Monforte in Galicia, abandoned her banners to join those of the Infante Don Juan?"
Don Alonso: "The same," said Don Alonso, dissatisfied with his daughter's question, "and what do you have to say about him?"
Beatriz: "That it is impossible for my father to give me as husband a man whom I could neither love nor even respect."
Doña Beatriz: "Is that count not the same," said Doña Beatriz, "who, after having obtained from the noble Queen Doña María the town of Monforte in Galicia, abandoned her banners to join those of the Infante Don Juan?"
Don Alonso: "The same," said Don Alonso, dissatisfied with his daughter's question, "and what do you have to say about him?"
Beatriz: "That it is impossible for my father to give me as husband a man whom I could neither love nor even respect."
