With equal solemnity the Angel grasped it.

The Bird Woman laughed alone, for to them the situation had been too serious to develop any of the elements of fun.
Then they loaded the carriage, and the Bird Woman and the Angel started for their homes.

It had been a difficult time for all of them, so they were very tired, but they were joyful.

Freckles was so happy it seemed to him that life could hold little more.

As the Bird Woman was ready to drive away he laid his hand on the lines and looked into her face.
"Do you suppose we got it ?" he asked, so eagerly that she would have given much to be able to say yes with conviction.
"Why, my dear, I don't know," she said.