"I am glad to see you!  Do you have my letter?"  You proceed to hand him the   
letter.  He slowly reads it and without telling you what the princess wrote,   
gives you a small wooden box and ask you to bring it back to the princess.     
You don't mind the back and forth but wish to be pay standard delivery fees.   
The old man laughs and send you on your way --with no payment, of course--