but long before this changes had taken place in the court of kilweh 's father . soon after she had sent her baby away the queen became much worse , and at length , seeing that she was going to die , she called her husband to her and said : ' never again shall i rise from this bed , and by and bye thou wilt take another wife . but lest she should make thee forget thy son , i charge thee that thou take not a wife until thou see a briar with two blossoms upon my grave . ' and this he promised her . then she further bade him to see to her grave that nothing might grow thereon . this likewise he promised her , and soon she died , and for seven years the king sent a man every morning to see that nothing was growing on the queen 's grave , but at the end of seven years he forgot .
seven years .
how long did the king wait for the blossoms on the queen's grave ?
how long did the king wait for the blossoms on the queen's grave ?