But she went to the door all the same.
There, sure enough, she saw three men coming one after the other. The
first two were quite near, but the third was a great way off, though he
appeared to hop along over the dunes in a most remarkable manner. He
seemed to be habited in a suit of black, and carried a black bag; but he
was still a great way off, and the Queen turned her attention to the
other two, who were now quite close to her.
The first one was a handsome, very bronzed young man, in a suit of
shining armour, that, to the Queen's critical eyes, did not seem to fit
him to perfection; whilst the second, a delicate-looking, haughty youth,
with a very fair skin, was habited in a shepherd's coarse garments, and
carried a crook and a sling at his side.