Select popular tales, from the German of Musaeus . tinguished; and thatthey believed the Countess was still alive. This very much re-joiced his heart; he went to the door, and cried through the key-hole, Dost thou live, Matilda ? and the Countess recognised herhusbands voice, and answered, Beloved lord, I live and my chil-dren live also. Enraptured at this speech, the impatient Counthad the door broken open, because the key was not ready athand, rushed into the bath-room to the feet of his innocent wife,bedewed her pure hands with a thousand tears of repentance,brought her and her pledges of l
Select popular tales, from the German of Musaeus . tinguished; and thatthey believed the Countess was still alive. This very much re-joiced his heart; he went to the door, and cried through the key-hole, Dost thou live, Matilda ? and the Countess recognised herhusbands voice, and answered, Beloved lord, I live and my chil-dren live also. Enraptured at this speech, the impatient Counthad the door broken open, because the key was not ready athand, rushed into the bath-room to the feet of his innocent wife,bedewed her pure hands with a thousand tears of repentance,brought her and her pledges of love, to the joy and delight of thewhole house, out of the frightful death-chamber back into herapartment, and heard from her mouth the whole particulars ofthe shameful slander, and the robbery of the children. Imme-diately he gave the command to seize the malicious nurse, and toshut her up in the bath-room. The fire in the stove began toburn merrily, the flames ascended on high, and speedily thisdevilish woman died a miserable and deserved ( 63 )
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