That would be told
by Alsi himself if he meant, as seemed certain, to carry out his threat.
So he thought awhile, and at last he saw what he might do without saying
anything to bend the choice of the princess in any way.
"It will soon be plain in what way the dream shall be fulfilled," he
said; "and this is certain, that you shall be wedded to none but the
right man, else had it not been sent. Have no fear, therefore, even as
it was bidden you."
Then the princess said that the only thing which troubled her was the
fear lest Alsi should yet force her to wed this one who was so like him
she had seen in her dream.
"That," said the priest, "is doubtless the most strange part of the
whole matter, yet I think that even thus there need be no fear. I will
tell you now that I know this one who is called Curan well, and I, and
all who know him, love him. Truly he is not a Christian, but he is no
hater of the faith, and that is much in these days. Nor is he a churl,
but rather one of the most noble of men. It is certain that, whatever
Alsi might wish, he would not wed you against your will. He has but to
know your thoughts in order to help you in any way. But I must also tell
you this, that he is a Dane, who fled from his land when he was a child;
and it is thought that he is the son of the Danish king, who was slain
at the time when Mord, your servant, fled also.
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