WASSA CAPTURES THE FAIRY PRINCE. 213

“Ho, vassals! Ope the portal wide,
That this fair maid may pass outside.”

Then the huge wall of rock rolled aside, and
as Wassa passed through, a voice said: —

“Broken the spell, the task is done,
A battle hard thou here hast won.
Envious thoughts keep from thy door,
So dwell in peace for evermore.”

As the words ceased, the door rolled back
into place, and Wassa found herself standing
alone on the top of Blue Hill. The sun had
disappeared behind the western woods, and its
last rosy tints were reflected from its summit.
Wassa walked rapidly down through the land
of the After-glow. All was still; the only liv-
ing creature in sight was the blue dragon-fly,
who was returning from a gay party among
the lily-pads of the pond.