"And take thy good Fairy with thee," said the parson. "But return from wherever thou goest in an hour, for Goodwife Kendall and myself go to Cloverlove plantation to dine, and we go by stage, which passes there and will not return until near evening.
"I have lessons for thee to learn, and would not have thee dwell too much on the knowledge that hath come to thee, and is indeed very pleasant."
"I think the world has turned topsyturvy," said the maiden, with the look of one who dreams.
"And Fairies are but bright fancies of very human creatures," said the parson, in a low, kind voice.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE BATTLE OF GREAT BRIDGE
It would seem that the knowledge Maid Sally now carried under the burning gold of her thick tresses was making a woman of her.
Very gay and glad at heart was she, for, had not the dearest dream of her life come true? She was a high-born damsel, and—could it be true?—the blood of her Fairy Prince was also in her veins.
But instead of being filled with foolish pride because of these things, she said wisely to herself:
"Now must I study yet more, for I would not shame in any way the people who are my people although they know me not. Some day they may know me well."