On this Faithful John was quite delighted, and led her to the ship, and when the King saw her, he perceived that her beauty was even greater than the picture had represented it to be, and thought no other than that his heart would burst in twain. Then she got into the ship, and the King led her within. Faithful John, however, remained behind with the pilot, and ordered the ship to be pushed off, saying, "Set all sail, till it fly like a bird in air." Within, however, the King showed her the golden vessels, every one of them, also the wild beasts and strange animals. Many hours went by whilst she was seeing everything, and in her delight she did not observe that the ship was sailing away. After she had looked at the last, she thanked the merchant and wanted to go home, but when she came to the side of the ship, she saw that it was on the deep sea far from land, and hurrying onwards with all sail set. "Ah," cried she in her alarm, "I am betrayed! I am carried away and have fallen into the power of a merchant - I would die rather!" The King, however, seized her hand, and said, "I am not a merchant. I am a king, and of no meaner origin than thou art, and if I have carried thee away with subtlety, that has come to pass because of my exceeding great love for thee. The first time that I looked on thy portrait, I fell fainting to the ground." When the princess of the Golden Dwelling heard that, she was comforted, and her heart was inclined unto him, so that she willingly consented to be his wife.

忠实的约翰非常高兴，引着她来到岸边。 当国王看见她时，他觉得自己的心都要跳出嗓子眼了，情不自禁地马上迎了上去。 公主一上船他就引她进船舱去了。 忠实的约翰来到船尾找着舵手，令他马上起航，"张满风帆！"他喊道，"让船在波涛中像鸟儿在空中飞行一样地前进。"
国王把船上的金制品一件一件地拿给公主过目，其中有各种各样的碟子、杯子、盆子和珍禽异兽等等。公主满心欢喜地欣赏着每一件艺术珍品，一点也没有察觉船离岸起航。几个小时过去了，在看完所有的东西后，她很有礼貌地对这个商人表示了谢意，说她应该回家了。可当她走出船舱、来到船头时，才发现船早已离岸，此刻船正张满风帆在茫茫大海上飞速航行。公主吓得尖声叫道："上帝啊！我被诱骗了，被拐走了，落进了一个流动商贩的掌握之中，我宁可死去。"但国王却拉着她的手说道："我不是一个商人，我是一个国王，和你一样出身于王室。用这种蒙骗你的方法把你带出来，是因为我非常非常地爱你。当第一次看到你的画像时我就情不自禁地昏倒在地上。"金屋公主听完后，这才放下心来。经过交谈了解，她很快也倾心于他，愿意嫁给他做妻子了。