. The sandman's mountain; a story for large persons to read to small persons . for himself, without wait-ing for his elders to tell him about them. And 55 THE SANDMANS MOUNTAIN he had to admit that he had never seen a singlehant. He had an idea that if he were to en-counter a hant, really, he should not thinkabout it so very seriously after all. However,the Goodwife was continuing: And then at last the Sorceress came, shesaid. Giddy sat more erectly in his chair. Thiswas something more like it. A sorceress. Nowhe should have something to tell his UncleWilliam! That day the Sorceress first came
. The sandman's mountain; a story for large persons to read to small persons . for himself, without wait-ing for his elders to tell him about them. And 55 THE SANDMANS MOUNTAIN he had to admit that he had never seen a singlehant. He had an idea that if he were to en-counter a hant, really, he should not thinkabout it so very seriously after all. However,the Goodwife was continuing: And then at last the Sorceress came, shesaid. Giddy sat more erectly in his chair. Thiswas something more like it. A sorceress. Nowhe should have something to tell his UncleWilliam! That day the Sorceress first came seemedto me the happiest day I had known in manya year, declared the Goodwife. She con-firmed my worst fears. She gave me the namewithout which I should always have remainedmore or less helpless. It was she who breathedthat dark word — hants. She was an expertin hants. She knew all about them. It wasreally wonderful. And the Sorceress? interrupted was she like? Dark, I suppose? Very dark. Her name was Mandy. Shetook in washing for the ladies in the village 56. ;It was she who breathed that dark word—hants THE NEW YORK PUBUS LIBRARY AST OR, f .EN FOUNDATIONS STORY OF THE SORCERESS hard by. And she was the most wonderfulsorceress I have ever Giddy settled back into his chair more com-fortably. He was somewhat disappointed inthe name of the Sorceress. He had once heardof a sorceress called Cleopatra. And — well,Mandy did not seem wholly satisfactory. Butperhaps the name wouldnt matter so much, ifhe should listen in patience. Yet what was thegood, after all, in having a sorceress, if she didnthave a kind of — well, shivery name ? She assured me, continued the Goodwife,that the hants which hovered about me weremembers of a particularly wicked family. Shemade me tremble. But she instantly came tomy rescue. She would conjure the hants forme, she declared. Giddy inquired uneasily, Er ? That means she promised to drive themaway. But she would do so only
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