All the sons of your house from first to last, whether they be dark or fair, or brown, shall bear the grey lock.

It will be a sign unto your posterity that much good fortune awaits them.

My authority, however, is limited, and if at any time a higher power should hinder me from exerting my influence in behalf of one of your grandsons, then will the grey lock be missing from his head, and it will depend altogether on himself how his life unfolds itself.

One thing more.

Give me back my ring and take instead this mirror, which will always show to you and yours whatever you hold most dear, even when you are far away from it." "Then it will ever be granted to me to bring your face before my eyes, oh! lovely lady!" the knight exclaimed.
The fairy laughed and answered: "No, Duke Greylock--the mirror can only reflect the forms of mortals.