He sat for some time feeling very sad, then happening to put his hand into his pocket, he found his pipe still half full. 'This will be my last pleasure,' he thought, as he lighted it at the Blue Light, and began to smoke. When the cloud of smoke he made cleared off a little, a tiny black Man appeared before him, and asked: 'What orders, Master?' 'What do you mean?' the Soldier asked in amazement. 'I must do anything that you command,' said the Little Man. 'Oh, if that is so,' said the Soldier, 'get me out of this well first.' The Little Man took him by the hand, and led him through an underground passage; but the Soldier did not forget to take the Blue Light with him. On the way he showed the Soldier all the treasures the Witch had amassed there, and he took as much gold as he could carry. When they reached the top he said to the Little Man: 'Now go, bind the Witch and take her before the Judge.' Before long she came by riding at a furious pace on a tom cat, and screaming at the top of her voice. The Little Man soon after appeared, and said: 'Everything is done as you commanded, and the Witch hangs on the gallows. What further orders have you, Master?' 'Nothing at this moment,' answered the Soldier. 'You can go home; only be at hand when I call.' 'You only have to light your pipe at the Blue Light, and I will be there,' said the Little Man, and then he vanished. The Soldier went back to the town that he had left, and ordered some new clothes, then he went to the best inn and told the landlord to give him the best rooms. [Illustration: Before long the Witch came by riding at a furious pace on a tom cat.] When he had taken possession, he summoned the little black Man, and said: 'I served my King faithfully, but he sent me away to die of hunger. Now I will have my revenge.' 'What do you wish me to do?' asked the Little Man. 'Late at night, when the Princess is asleep in her bed, bring her, sleeping, to me, and I will make her do menial service for me.' 'It is an easy enough thing for me to do,' said the Little Man. 'But it will be a bad business for you if it comes out.' As the clock struck twelve, the door sprang open, and the Little Man bore the Maiden in. 'Ah ha! There you are!' cried the Soldier. 'Set about your work at once. Fetch the broom and sweep the floor.' When she had finished, he sat down and ordered her to take his boots off. Then he threw them at her, and made her pick them up and clean them. She did everything he ordered without resistance, silently, and with half-shut eyes. At the first cock-crow, the Little Man carried her away to the royal palace, and put her back in bed. In the morning when the Princess got up, she went to her Father, and told him that she had had an extraordinary dream.