Quite early next morning came the Lord Chamberlain with a lamp, and he nearly fell backwards with surprise when he saw the Shepherd alive and well. He brought him to the King, whose fury was greater than ever, but who cried: "Well, now you have been near a hundred deaths; will you say, 'To your good health'?" But the Shepherd only gave the answer: "I won't say it till the Princess is my wife." "Perhaps, after all, you may do it for less," said the King, who saw that there was no chance of making away with the shepherd; and he ordered the state coach to be got ready; then he made the Shepherd get in with him and sit beside him, and ordered the coachman to drive to the silver wood. When they reached it, he said: "Do you see this silver wood? Well, if you will say 'To your good health,' I will give it to you." The shepherd turned hot and cold by turns, but he still persisted: "I will not say it till the Princess is my wife." The King was much vexed; he drove further on till they came to a splendid castle, all of gold, and then he said: "Do you see this golden castle? Well, I will give you that too, the silver wood and the gold castle, if only you will say one thing to me: 'To your good health.'" The Shepherd gaped and wondered, and was quite dazzled but he still said: "No, I will not say it till I have the Princess for my wife." This time the King was overwhelmed with grief, and gave orders to drive on to the diamond pond and there he tried once more: "You shall have the all--all, if you will but say 'To your good health.'" The Shepherd had to shut his staring eyes tight not to be dazzled with the brilliant pond, but still he said: "No, no; I will not say it till I have the Princess for my wife." Then the King saw that all his efforts were useless, and that he might as well give in; so he said: "Well, well, it is all the same to me--I will give you my daughter to wife; but then you really must say to me, 'To your good health.'" "Of course I'll say it; why should I not say it? It stands to reason that I shall say it then." At this the King was more delighted than anyone could have believed. He made it known all through the country that there were going to be great rejoicings, as the Princess was going to be married. And everyone rejoiced to think that the Princess who had refused so many royal suitors, should have ended by falling in love with the staring- eyed Shepherd. There was such a wedding as had never been seen. Everyone ate and drank and danced. Even the sick were feasted, and quite tiny new-born children had presents given them. But the greatest merrymaking was in the King's palace; there the best bands played and the best food was cooked. A crowd of people sat down to table, and all was fun and merrymaking.