216 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES have for your wife, if you could win her; but the place is a great way off." '' Only tell me where it is, and I will find it,'' the prince answered. The sister told him where he might find the city, and the brother offered him money for his journey. This time the prince accepted the money, and also the feather which the brother- in-law offered him in parting. "If ever you are in need of me, only heat thi3 feather, and I will at once come to help you," he said. The prince now started upon his long journey; and when he came to a lonely place where he could not be seen by anyone, he put on the mag¬ ical coat and shoes, and wished to be placed near the city where the beautiful princess lived. At once, he stood near a small house. He entered and found two old women talking very earnestly together. They seemed to be in trouble. "Why are you so disturbed?" he asked. "There is to be a royal wedding in the city to-morrow," they answered, looking very sad. "But why should that make you so sad?" he asked. One of the old women pointed to a high cliff across the sea. It was rainy and misty there, and the wind was blowing, and the water was beating up against the side of the cliff.