On this he ran hastily to her, lifted her up and bore her into a chamber - then he laid her down, and knelt and sucked the three drops of blood from her right breast, and spat them out. Immediately she breathed again and recovered herself, but the young King had seen this, and being ignorant why Faithful John had done it, was angry and cried, "Throw him into a dungeon." Next morning Faithful John was condemned, and led to the gallows, and when he stood on high, and was about to be executed, he said, "Every one who has to die is permitted before his end to make one last speech; may I too claim the right?" - "Yes," answered the King, "it shall be granted unto thee." Then said Faithful John, "I am unjustly condemned, and have always been true to thee," and he related how he had hearkened to the conversation of the ravens when on the sea, and how he had been obliged to do all these things in order to save his master. Then cried the King, "Oh, my most Faithful John. Pardon, pardon - bring him down." But as Faithful John spoke the last word he had fallen down lifeless and become a stone.

约翰迅速地弹身向她跃去，将她挟起，抱着她来到内室一张靠椅上，从她的右乳房中吸出了三滴血。 新娘又开始呼吸，并活了过来。 但年青的国王看到了全部过程，他不知道忠实的约翰为什么要这样做，只是对他的胆大妄为非常气愤，便下令说道："把他关到牢房里去。"
第二天上午，忠实的约翰被押出牢房，推到了绞刑架前，面对绞刑架，他说道："在我死之前，我可以说件事吗？"国王回答说："准许你的请求。"于是，约翰将在海上听到渡鸦的对话以及他如何决心救自己主子的全部经过都说了出来，最后他说道："我现在受到了错误的判决，但我自始至终都是忠实而真诚的。"
当听完约翰的叙述，国王大声呼喊道："哎呀！我最忠实的约翰！请原谅我！请原谅我！快把他放下来！"但就在忠实的约翰说完最后一句话之后，他倒下去变成了一块没有生命的石头。