The poor king slept but little that night, so filled was he with terror of his future wife.

The king had slept badly, the night haunted by dreams.

"The king has not slept at all," she told him.

The king had slept just as usual - like the dead.

She is told that the king has slept long enough to risk waking him.

In short, the king slept, and was not to be disturbed.

"In all the stories, the king and his people slept while the princess did!"

But the king, as we have said, slept, and the queen had no reason to fear that her night's rest would be disturbed.

The king had slept well, and he had no care for anything else.

And at night, as the king slept, he dreamed a wonderful dream.