When Tony woke up the next morning he was back in his jar, but he could hear singing and when he looked to see who was singing he was not only amazed but, in a word, smitten. He had very limited experience of the  female gender. The fairies were all female, or at least most of them! And of course Bobby's dreadful big sister if you can count her. But he had never seen a human girl and here was one right in front of his jar, standing on the table, singing her heart out. Tony's little heart bumped like it never had before. Neither giant nor squire were in sight but if there had been a hundred of each, Tony would not have noticed.

He did take notice, however, when she poked a stick into his jar. He grabbed hold of it. The girl chuckled and lifted him up and down for several minutes, then, disturbed by the sound of the Giant coming, she hoiked him onto the table with little concern for his dignity and without any knowledge of his pounding heart. Hello little Water Sprite, my name is Candora, do you have one? Tony, squeaked Tony and then the Giant arrived at the table somewhat cross because squire Donald was absent. Where is my squire?, he roared, thumping the table so hard that not only Tony but the girl were jolted high into the air and landed flat on their backs. Tony sat up very slowly while, quite unconcerned, the girl quickly regained her feet and cooed sweetly I'm sure he will be along soon Sir,  shall I sing to you ? She did not wait for a reply but immediately began to trill, clutching her hands before her and swaying from side to side. Tony looked up at her with a look of sheer joy on his face. As a result he did not notice that around his middle had indeed appeared a white Band of Truth just as Donald had foretold. And Donald now appeared, flushed and breathless, pulling his robe over his person as he came. He launched into vain excuses punctuated with lots of deferential Please Sirs. But our Tony thought to himself, I bet your Band is getting blacker and blacker.

The Giant said nothing then, when the burbling finally stopped, simply turned to look at Candora. She casually had a peek at Donald's Band and announced. As black as night!. The look she got from Donald could be described likewise!  The giant grabbed Donald by one leg and held him upside down. 

Our Tony could not have been less concerned for Donald's impending fate as the giant t marched out, even though the giant's footsteps and Donald's wailing echoed around the castle. Tony was left alone with his beloved and that was all he cared about. During their conversation she told him two things. One of them was that she had begun life as a Water Sprite just like him. WOW! Tony was so amazed at the startling idea of a female watersprite that he was quite unable to take in the second thing she told him.........