She had performed her part of the bargain, and now the price was paid to her into her hands.

When she arrived she did not know what was the extent of her riches in this world's goods; nor, in truth, had she at once the courage to ask questions on the subject.

She saw cows, and was told of horses; and words came to her gradually of sheep and oxen, of poultry, pigs, and growing calves.

It was as though a new world had opened itself before her eyes, full of interest; and as though all that world were her own.

She looked at it, and knew that it was the price of her bargain.
Upon the whole, she had been very lucky.