Only once did she speak.

They had come to a depression in the road where the melted snow had made a wide pool.
Wogan leaped across it and said,-- "Give me your hand! There's a white stone midway where you can set your foot." The Princess stepped as he bade her.

The stone yielded beneath her tread and she stood ankle-deep in the water.

Wogan sprang to her side and lifted her out.

She had uttered no cry, and now she only laughed as she stood shivering on the further edge.