There was no need to tell me what had happened, but he told me.
"Ah, Karl, I've seen the star," he cried triumphantly.

He was but a boy-man, you must remember.
"I was sure you would see her," I answered.

"How did you bring the meeting about ?" "I did not bring it about," he answered, laughing softly.

"The star came to the child." "All things come to him that waits at the bridge," I replied sarcastically.

He paid no heed to the sarcasm, but continued:-- "She happened to be near the bridge when I got there, and she came to me, Karl,--she came to me like a real star falling out of the darkness." That little fact solved once more my great riddle--at least, it solved it for a time.