And when they began to raise the anchor, and the general dealer appeared on deck with his large meerschaum pipe and his telescope, she smirked and minced and wriggled and twisted, and cried aloud, "It's me!"
She thought he wanted to peep at her splendour through his spyglass.
All at once she saw Madame standing by his side in full travelling costume, and understood that they were going away without her.
Then she kicked out so that the planks of the bridge groaned and creaked beneath her. Eight into the sea she plunged, and caught hold of the anchor, and tugged and held the ship back till the cable broke.
Then head over heels she went with both her hoofs in the air.
But the yacht glided away under full sail, and the general dealer stood there and laughed till he nearly fell overboard.
[1] A giantess, the wife of the mountain gnome, who rules in the Dovrefeld.
[2] I.e., the general dealer's wife.
[3] Thin cakes that can be doubled in two and eaten with sirup.