And ran out and found Maid Maleen, “Girl, what didst thou say to the footbridge?”

“I said nothing but,

“ ‘Footbridge, do not break,

I am not the true bride.’ ”

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

“That costs thee thy life!” cried the bride, but she hurried into the room, and said, “I know now what I said to the footbridge,” and she repeated the words.

“But what didst thou say to the church-door?”

“To the church-door?” she replied; “I don’t talk to church-doors.”