And thereupon she transformed herself into a lovely girl of more or less Enrique's age.
She transformed Herself into a Lovely Girl.
"How pretty you are!" exclaimed the boy. "Come home and play with my little sister, who is now quite well, thanks to you."
"I can deny you nothing while you wear this ring," answered the girl.
"No, take it, I beg of you."
Atala disappeared at once, and when Enrique thought she had gone never to return, she reappeared smiling, and said:
"I have been for a moment to ask my father's permission to accompany you."
They went to Enrique's house together, and he introduced her to his parents as Luisa's saviour. They fêted her with cakes and sweets, and on saying good-bye she promised to come back every afternoon to play with her little friends.
One day Agrajes himself visited Enrique's home, to make the acquaintance of the family of which his daughter spoke so much, and on going away he touched in a special way an old chest.