"No sooner had he done as she desired than he began to sneeze so hard that in five minutes the end of his delicate nose was blown out into a great round purple knob, which was so bright that he could not keep from squinting to get a look at it.
"'I do not think any one will know you now,' said the Fairy, 'but be careful not to open your mouth very wide or possibly your head may fall off backwards.'
"'Upon my word,' cried the Prince when he looked at his face in a smooth pool of water, 'If I be as cunning as I am ugly I shall surely win the Lady!'
"The Fairy then gave him a little red cloak, and bade him walk like an old man and be careful.
"Finally she placed in his basket a gold box containing the magical opal.
"When he had left her she drew a ring on the ground and stood within it, and enchanted the Lady Golden Hair with wicked words, so that for four days and nights she had no sleep, because the instant her lids closed she dreamed that nine beautiful ladies were kissing Prince Sturdy, and that he was also kissing one of them and the one he kissed was not herself.
"So it was that all these days she lay awake angry, and all the while Prince Clever rode fiercely to her garden gate.
"Near by he hid his horse, and walking like an old man came to the Palace slowly and asked to see the Lady.