This is a continuation of the short story, "The Lady or the Tiger." The tiger is killed by the prince who cleverly hides a knife in his shoe and stabs the tiger in the eye.

The young man "turned, and with a firm and rapid step he walked across the empty space. Every heart stopped beating, every breath was held, and every eye was fixed immovably upon that man. Without the slightest hesitation, he went up to the door on the right, and opened it."
Now what was behind the door may be a surprise. The princess loved the man very much, did she not? She loved him so much that she would only want the very best for him, would she not? Maybe though, somewhere, in her semi-barbaric self, the princess only wanted what she wanted and nothing more.
So keeping all of this in…