THE STORY OF LITTLE TSAR NOVISHNY. 75

disguise himself as an old man, and so go to the
Tsar’s palace,

So the little Tsar Novishny disguised himself as an
old man, and went to the palace of the Tsar. Aud
when he got there he begged them to let him in that
he might see the young married people. But the
lackeys would not let him in. Then the Tsarivna
herself heard the sound of his begeing and praying,
and commanded them to admit him. Now when he
entered the room and took off his cap and cloak, the
ring which the Tsarivna had given him when he slew
the serpent sparkled so that she knew him, but, not
believing her own eyes, she said to him: “Come
hither, thou godly old pugrim, that I may show thee
hospitality!” Phen the little Tsar drew near to the
table, and the Tsarivna poured him out a glass of
Wine and gave it to him, and he took it with his left
hand. She marked that he did not take it with the
hand on which was the ring, so she drank off that
glass herself, Then she filled another glass and gave
it him, and he took it with his right hand. Then
she immediately recognized her ring, and said to her
father: “This man is my husband who delivered me
from death, but that fellow ”—pointing to the lackey
—‘‘that rascally slavish soul killed my husband and
made me say that he was my husband.” When the
Tsar heard this he boiled over with rage. “So that