She did not appear to understand him, but smiled.

He assisted her to dismount, and dismissing her guide, conducted her into the cottage.

Some conversation took place between him and his father, and the young stranger knelt at the old man's feet and would have kissed his hand, but he raised her and embraced her affectionately.
"I soon perceived that although the stranger uttered articulate sounds and appeared to have a language of her own, she was neither understood by nor herself understood the cottagers.

They made many signs which I did not comprehend, but I saw that her presence diffused gladness through the cottage, dispelling their sorrow as the sun dissipates the morning mists.

Felix seemed peculiarly happy and with smiles of delight welcomed his Arabian.