Choose the most descriptive word to complete the sentences in this passage from the folktale “the goose girl.”
being very thirsty, the princess dismounted and knelt by the river.
now, when she was about to mount her horse again, the waiting-woman said, “by rights your horse belongs to me; this jade will do for you! ”
the poor little princess was to give way. then the waiting-woman, in a voice, ordered her to take off her royal robes and to put on her own mean garments.