"Ah! don't you see now? Don't you see now?" Kathleen cried. "That
means something!"
* * * * *
The fairies in the hill were dancing their endless dance, when
Naggeneen, as if he had been lifted up in the air and dropped, was
suddenly among them. They stopped the dance and gathered around him.
"What for are you back here?" the King asked.
"They drove me out!" Naggeneen cried. "I knew they would! I told you
they would! I told you you could do nothing and I could do nothing!
It's the only wonder that they didn't drive me out long ago."
"What do you keep your hand behind you for?" the King asked.
"I couldn't tell you that," said Naggeneen; "I couldn't say the words
that I'ld have to say to tell you."
"And how did they drive you out?"
"By brewing egg-shells."
"And do you mean," the King cried, "that you let them catch you with
that old trick? I thought you was clever."
"Let them catch me! I couldn't help what they did! I tried to help it,
but it's a spell that's too strong for me or for any of us.
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