At first she was overjoyed that he would be with her, but then she recalled that human people could not live under the water, and he could only visit her father's palace as a dead man.


The Complete Andersen (ed. 1952)

Hans Christian Andersen Quotes

At first she was overjoyed that he would be with her, but then she recalled that human people could not live under the water, and he could only visit ...

At first she was overjoyed that he would be with her, but then she recalled that human people could not live under the water, and he could only visit ...

At first she was overjoyed that he would be with her, but then she recalled that human people could not live under the water, and he could only visit ...

At first she was overjoyed that he would be with her, but then she recalled that human people could not live under the water, and he could only visit ...