"You must know she has only two books: Mynster's Sermons, and the 'Wandsbecker Boten.'" The carriage rolled away through the chestnut avenue.

"There upon the hill, close by the wood, did I act the elf-maiden," said Sophie.

"I was not yet confirmed; there were strangers staying with us at the hall, and we wandered in the beautiful moonlight through the wood.

Two of my friends and I hastened toward the hill, took hold of each other's hands and danced in a ring.

The day after, two persons of the congregation told the preacher about three elfin-maidens, clad in white, who had danced upon the hill in the moonlight.