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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: the Goldsmith stood and served him with a napkin over his arm.
Then Beppo was to return to the princess again.
A milk-white horse was waiting for him at the Goldsmith's door, a
servant holding the bridle, and Beppo mounted and rode away.
When he returned to the fisherman's hut the princess was waiting
for him. She had prepared a tray spread with a napkin, a cup of
milk, and some sweet cakes.
"Listen," said she; "to-day the king hunts in the forest over
yonder. Go you thither with this. The king will be hot and
thirsty, and weary with the chase. Offer him this refreshment. He
will eat and drink, and in gratitude he will offer you something
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