'But I suppose I may go into the garden,' replied the dwarf. 'Be so good as to send one of your fellow-servants to the master of the palace, and ask whether I may not go into the garden to fetch herbs.' The porter did so and permission was given, since, the garden having high walls, escape was impossible. But when Nose and Mimi had got out he put her carefully down, and she ran quickly before him towards the lake, where the chestnuts were. He followed with a heavy heart, since this was his last and only hope. If she did not find the herb he was resolved rather to plunge into the lake than to have his head cut off. The goose searched in vain under all the chestnut-trees; she turned every herb with her beak, but no trace of the one wanted was to be found, and she now began to cry out of compassion and fear for the dwarf, as the evening was already growing dusk, and the objects around were difficult to distinguish. At this moment the dwarf cast a glance across the lake, and cried suddenly: 'Look, look, yonder across the lake there stands a large old tree; let us go there and search; perhaps my luck may bloom there.' The goose hopped and flew before him, and he ran after her as quickly as his short legs would permit him; the chestnut-tree cast a large shade, and it was so dark around that scarcely anything could be distinguished; but suddenly the goose stopped, flapped her wings for joy, put her head quickly into the high grass, and plucked something which she reached gracefully with her bill to the astonished Nose, saying, 'There is the herb, and plenty is growing here, so that you will never want for it.' The dwarf looked thoughtfully at the herb, and a sweet odour arose from it, which immediately reminded him of the scene of his metamorphosis; the stalk and leaves were of a bluish green, bearing a glowing red flower, with a yellow edge. 'God be praised!' he now exclaimed, 'what a miracle! I believe this is the very herb that transformed me from a squirrel into this hideous form; shall I make a trial, to see what effect it will have on me?' 'Not yet,' entreated the goose. 'Take a handful of this herb with you; let us go to your room and put up all the money and whatever you have, and then we will try the virtue of the herb.' They did so, and went again to his room, the dwarf's heart beating audibly with anticipation. After having put up about fifty or sixty ducats which he had saved, he tied up his clothes in a bundle, and said: 'If it please God, I shall get rid of my burthensome deformity.' He then put his nose deep into the herb and inhaled its odour. Now his limbs began to stretch and crack, he felt how his head started from his shoulders, he squinted down on his nose and saw how it became smaller and smaller, his back and chest became straight, and his legs longer.