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28 With this he gave a friendly nod of adieu, and disappeared; nor was he ever more seen by Constantine. But Number-nip kept his word, and even more. An unusual degree of prosperity attended all the labours of his former employer, and Constantine soon became the richest farmer in the village. And when his children were permitted to play in the “FeldField [sic] of Terror”—a spot which both they and Sabina now visited without the slightest dread, they sometimes related in the evening, that Forester had come to see them, and told them some of his former amusing stories. On such occasions they generally found their pockets filled with either comfits, toys, or pieces of pretty money.