Greta didn't want to leave this lovely room. She was fascinated by the pictures painted on the walls, the gorgeous hangings at the windows, and the large groups of glass candlesticks that hung from the ceiling and sparkled like icicles as the sun shone on them. "Do you want to see the Queen's crown?" asked Anna, as they reluctantly left the beautiful ballroom. "The Queen's crown?" said Greta. "The Queen is in Copenhagen now; surely her crown wouldn't be here at Fredensborg." "She has a crown here, too. It is really lovelier than the one she wears at court," said Anna. When they came to the garden behind the palace, Greta saw what Anna meant. In the middle of the sloping green lawn there was a huge bed of pansies, arranged in the shape of a crown. In the lower part of the crown the pansies were all purple, and in the upper part they were all gold. "You are right, Anna. This is prettier than any crown of real gold." "Come, girls. We must be on our way now," said Anna's mother. "We have a long ride ahead of us." "Are we going to see _another_ castle?" asked Greta. "Yes, the finest one of all." [Illustration: THE COURTYARD OF FREDERIKSBORG] After a short drive through a large forest of beech trees, they came to Frederiksborg Castle. It was built on three small islands in the center of a lake. The castle itself was so large that it covered the islands completely and seemed to rise up out of the water itself. When King Frederick built the first castle here, nearly four hundred years ago, he purposely chose these islands in the center of a lake because they were the safest place for a castle. Enemies could not easily reach it here. When this old, old castle was destroyed by fire, a much finer one was built on the islands. [Illustration: FREDENSBORG PALACE] As they crossed the bridge to the main part of the castle, Greta saw two women entering the main doorway. "Look, Anna," she said in great excitement. "Isn't that Princess Ingrid and Princess Louise going into the castle right this minute?" When Anna looked, the women had disappeared. Greta was now more eager than ever to visit the castle. Maybe she would see her beloved Princess Ingrid again. Would the Princess remember the little girl who had found her handkerchief on the stairs of the Marble Church? Greta wondered. She was anxious to go inside, but Anna stopped in the courtyard to listen to the chimes on the castle tower. Every hour of the day the ringing chimes played a different tune. "Let's see the Knights' Hall first," suggested Anna, when they went inside.