“What art thou saying?” asked the King’s son.

“Nothing,” she replied, “I was only thinking of Maid Maleen.” He was surprised that she knew about her, but kept silence. When they came to the foot-plank into the churchyard, she said,

“Footbridge, do not break,

I am not the true bride.”

“Footbridge, do not break, I am not the true bride.”

“What art thou saying there?” asked the King’s son.

“Nothing,” she replied, “I was only thinking of Maid Maleen.”

“Dost thou know Maid Maleen?”