The Green Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang  The Twelve Huntsmen  Once
upon a time there was a King’s son who was engaged to a Princess
whom he dearly loved. One day as he sat by her side feeling very
happy, he received news that his father was lying at the point
of death, and desired to see him before his end. So he said to
his love: ‘Alas! I must go off and leave you, but take this ring
and wear it as a remembrance of me, and when I am King I will
return and fetch you home.’  Then he rode off, and when he
reached his father he found him mortally ill and very near
death.  The King said: ‘Dearest son, I have desired to see you
again before my end. Promise me, I beg of you, that you will
marry according to my wishes’; and he then named the daughter of
a neighbouring King who he was anxious should be his son’s wife.
The Prince was so overwhelmed with grief that he could think of
nothing but his father, and exclaimed: ‘Yes, yes, dear father,
whatever you desire shall be done.’ Thereupon the King closed
his eyes and die