She could pray, now that she had confessed her fault; as she felt that she might now be forgiven.

She prayed heartily for the recovery of the wounded child, and for forgiveness for herself.
Trine was sent over to the widow's house, to inquire whether it was really a child that had been hit by the arrow, and whether it was badly hurt.
Mrs.Kurd told Trine the whole story, and that the doctor had said, "We trust no serious harm is done," and that he would come again the next day.
Trine carried this report back to her mistress, and Mrs.Birkenfeld was very much relieved; for her first fear had been that the child's eye might have been hit, even if no mortal wound had been inflicted, and she was thankful to find that things were no worse..