She was uncertain just for one minute.
"Yes," she said, and took his hand.
So he lifted her over the hedge again, and they walked up the garden path to the palace.
"How beautiful the flowers are!" said the Princess, and the flowers felt immensely proud of themselves.
"Who allowed these dreadfully ragged people in here?" exclaimed the Queen, who was taking a stroll with the King, in the hopes of getting an appetite for lunch.
"I have come back," said the Princess, standing in front of her parents.
"So have I," added the tall man.
"Preposterous!" exclaimed the King. "They actually have the impudence to confess that they have been here before!"
"Is it possible?" said all the courtiers.
"At last there will be an execution!" gasped the little page in delight, and he ran round to get a better view.