To think she had really agreed to marry such a spirit as that! But fortunately it was now all over.
She not only had lost a lover, but a friend.

And one day before, this also would have had its unpleasant side to her.

But now she felt even a sensation of relief.

Was it because this very day a new vision had entered into the charmed circle of her life?
If it were so, she did not acknowledge the fact to herself; or even wonder in her own mind, why the sudden breaking of her troth-plight had not left her in a sadder humor.
For she put "Little Witch" into a brisk canter, and with a smile upon her face rode into the main street of the village..