Bear not so high a crest.
You may take my eldest daughter,
But leave me all the rest.'"
The dialogue is transferred to one of the suitors and to the princess at the farther end of the line, on whose head the handkerchief now rests.
"'Will you come with me, my Onion?'
'Fie! that's a kitchen smell.'
'Will you come with me, my Rosebud?'
'Ay, gardens please me well.'"
In similar fashion all the daughters are coaxed away until only the youngest remains, but she proves obdurate. They may call her Parsley or Pink; it makes no difference. So the suitors resort to bribes, the last proving irresistible.
"'We'll buy you a French missal.'