'I _will_ see you again, and all shall yet be well.' "'Seek for me across the hill of ice and the sea of glass,' said the Prince; but almost before the words had passed his lips a second thunderclap, louder and more terrific than the first, was heard.

The Princess sank half fainting on the ground.

When she again opened her eyes, Prince, palace, everything had disappeared.

She was alone, quite alone, on a barren moorland, night coming on, and a cold cutting wind freezing the blood in her veins.

And she was clothed in the plain black dress with which she had made her strange journey riding on the brown bull.
"It must be a dream, she thought, a terrible dream, and she shut her eyes again.