as for the lad , he just played the music and played the music , and the more the princess heard and saw the more she wanted it . " after all , " said she , at last , " a kiss is only a kiss , and i will be none the poorer for giving one or two of them ; i 'll just let him have them , since he will take nothing else . " so off she marched , with all of her maidens , to pay the gooseherd his price , though it was a sour face she made of it , and that is the truth . now , somebody had been buzzing in the king 's ear , and had told him that the gooseherd over yonder was wearing the princess 's kerchief and her golden necklace , and folks said she had given them to him of her own free will .
marched to pay the gooseherd his price .
what did the princess and her maidens do ?
what did the princess and her maidens do ?