The great door flew open, and he beheld. Go, brave heart, and save me from despair. At the top of these steps he came plump upon a sight that took his breath away and chilled his blood. Shadowy effigies in armor stood on either side, a dead silence reigned, the lamp burned blue, and the ghostly figure ever and anon turned its face toward him, showing the glitter of awful eyes through its white veil. They reached a curtained door, behind which sounded lovely music. He sprang forward to enter, but the specter plucked him back, and waved threateningly before him a. So the diver hoisted it up, and was much disappointed on opening it to find no pearls. He left it in a great lonely field, where it was found by a. So she asked what she should use for new heads, since the old ones were lost, and all the geese opened their hundred mouths and screamed. She put them on, the knights revived at once, thanked her, and went on their way rejoicing, never knowing the difference, for there were so many other heads like them in the world that no one thought anything of it. He was in a great state of mind at that, and mounting the colt, who stood by him through thick and thin, rushed to the castle to see which was left. Peeping over the hedge, he saw the queen of his affections picking flowers in her garden. He tried to climb over the hedge, but it seemed to grow higher and higher. Then he tried to push through, but it grew thicker and thicker, and he was in despair. Brooke, still watching the river, and playing with the wild rose in his buttonhole. With practice we might do something quite clever. Her turn came next. You must say what you really do want most. Brooke lay on the grass with a book, which he did not read.