when the princess awoke in the morning and heard all that had befallen , and how the black knight had come to the cottage while she was asleep , and had received his mantle , and had promised to marry the washerwoman 's daughter that very day , her heart was like to break . for now she felt that she never would have the chance of speaking to him and telling him who she really was . and in her sore distress she suddenly remembered the beautiful fruit which she had received on her journey seven long years before , and which she had carried with her ever since . " surely i will never be in a sorer strait than i am now , " she said to herself ; and she drew out the apple and broke it . and , lo and behold ! it was filled with the most beautiful precious stones that she had ever seen ; and at the sight of them a plan came suddenly into her head . she took the precious stones out of the apple , and , putting them into a corner of her kerchief , carried them to the washerwoman . " see , " said she , " i am richer than mayhap thou thoughtest i was . and if thou wilt , all these riches may be thine . "
it was filled with the most beautiful precious stones that she had ever .
what happened after the youngest princess broke the apple ?
what happened after the youngest princess broke the apple ?