"Very soon, perhaps, my friends," cried Lovallec, and with that his driver whipped up the horses, and the young man was soon lost to view.
After so long a time, Lovallec, arriving at the city of the famous King, went immediately to the palace-door and knocked.
"What will you have?" said the King, who went to the door.
"Living in a far-off country I heard that your daughter is sick, and I have come to cure her."
"Alas!" cried the King, "you have come in vain. All the great physicians of the world have exhausted their science in her behalf, and I am in despair."
"You must have courage," said the young man; "your daughter will be cured in a few days."
"Stranger," said the famous monarch, "if you can work such a wonderful miracle as this, all that I have is yours. The riches that will fall to you will be beyond computation. You shall have millions of gold pieces, a hundred towns and ten provinces shall be yours, and you may even command my crown if you succeed in curing my daughter."
Then Lovallec thanked the famous King and said:
"Leave me alone a little while, as it is necessary that I should gather some herbs that belong to the medicine which I desire to give your daughter."