“But what did you say to the foot-bridge when we went over it?” asked the King’s Son.
“To the foot-bridge?” she answered. “I don’t talk to foot-bridges.”
“Then you are not the true Bride.”
She again said:
“I must go my maid to see,
Who keeps my secret thoughts for me,”
and ran out and found Maid Maleen. “Girl, what did you say to the foot-bridge?”
“I said nothing but:
“Foot-bridge, break not,
I am not the true Bride.”
“That costs you your life!” cried the Bride, but she hurried into the room, and said, “I know now what I said to the foot-bridge,” and she repeated the words.
“But what did you say to the church-door?”