the sea witch had cast over me. [Pg 16] “You know how that was accomplished, my Princess, and if you think you can accept me in place of the dwarf for your husband we will return to the castle, where your father is still sleeping, I expect, for the Fairy Queen said she would watch until sunrise for our return.” Cantilla, no longer looking sad, but smiling and happy, put her hand in her husband’s and told him she was the happiest girl in the world. “And I am the happiest man in the world,” said her husband, “for I not only am freed from the spell of the sea witch, but I have won the one woman in the world I could ever love for my wife.” Three times he clapped his hands together, and the little fairy in the pink gauze dress appeared. “The Queen sends her love to you and this message, ‘Bless you, my children,’ and now I will take you home to the castle.” She touched the Princess and her husband on the cheek with her wand, and Cantilla found herself back in the castle garden by the fountain and honeysuckle arbor, with her handsome husband standing by her side. [Pg 17] [Pg 17] “Come, my dear, we must go in to breakfast,” said her husband; “your father will be waiting for us.” “How will we explain about our wedding and the changed appearance of the castle?” asked Cantilla. “Oh! the Fairy Queen has arranged all that,” said Cantilla’s husband. “Your father will not remember he ever lost his fortune; he will ask no questions.” Cantilla and her husband went hand in hand into the castle to their breakfast, and from that day Cantilla never knew another sorrow or unhappy moment. [Pg 18] [Pg 18]
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