“You are invited to the elf hill for this evening,” said she; “but will you do me a great favor and undertake the invitations? you ought to do something, for you have no housekeeping to attend to as I have. We are going to have some very grand people, conjurors, who have always something to say; and therefore the old elf king wishes to make a great display…”

“Croak,” said the night-raven as he flew away with the invitations.

Indigo musk, wild plum, rose geranium, benzoin, night-blooming jasmine, and patchouli.