Then Victor went to a distant forest where he knew a healing spring was to be found. Very few remembered it was there; and those who had seen it did not know of its power to heal disease. Victor filled a crystal goblet with the precious water and carried it to the palace. The old King shook his head sadly, but consented to let the attendants moisten the parched lips of the Princess with the water, as it could do no harm. Far from doing harm, it wrought a great good; and in time the royal maiden was restored to health. Then, for gratitude, the King would have given his daughter to Victor for a wife; but Victor remembered Blanche, and knew that no other maiden must be bride of his. Not long after this the King was lost overboard at sea during a storm. Now the people must have a new ruler. They determined to choose a wise and brave man; and, young as he was, no man could be found braver and wiser than Victor; so the people elected him for their King. Thus Fontana's gift of the eyes of Wisdom had made him truly "one of the great men of earth." In her humble home Blanche dreamed every night of Victor, and hoped he would grow good, if he did not become great; and Victor remembered Blanche, and knew that her love was his dearest blessing. "This old palace," thought he, "will never do for my beautiful bride." So he called together his people, and told them he must have a castle of gems. Some of the walls were to be of rubies, some of emeralds, some of pearls. There was to be any amount of beaten gold for doors and pillars; and the ceilings were to be of milk-white opals, with a rosy light which comes and goes. All was done as he desired; and when the castle of gems was finished it would need a pen of jasponyx dipped in rainbows to describe it. Victor thought he would not have a guard of soldiers for his castle, but would lock the four golden gates with a magic key, so that no one could enter unless the gates should swing back of their own accord. When the castle of gems was just completed, and not a soul was in it, Victor locked the gates with a magic key, and then dropped the key into the ocean. "Now," thought he, "I have done a wise thing. None but the good and true can enter my castle of gems. The gates will not swing open for men with base thoughts or proud hearts!" Then he hid himself under the shadow of a tree, and watched the people trying to enter. But they were proud men, and so the gates would not open. King Victor laughed, and said to himself: "I have done a wise thing with my magic key. How safe I shall be in my castle of gems!" So he stepped out of his hiding place, and said to the people: "None but the good and true can get in." Then he tried to go in himself; but the gates would not move. The King bowed his head in shame, and walked back to his old palace.