. Undine. CHAPTER XV HOW THEY JOURNEYEDTO VIENNA Now the story halteth for a space. Afterthe last adventure all was quiet andpeaceful at the castle. More and morewas the knight conscious of that heavenlygoodness in his wife, which had been sonobly proved in her hasty pursuit andrescue of them from the Black Valley,where Kiihleborns power began Undine felt that inner peace andsecurity which never fail the heart thatknows itself to be in the right way. Besides, in thenewly-awakened love and esteem of her husband, manya gleam of hope and joy shone upon her. As forBertalda, she seemed hu
. Undine. CHAPTER XV HOW THEY JOURNEYEDTO VIENNA Now the story halteth for a space. Afterthe last adventure all was quiet andpeaceful at the castle. More and morewas the knight conscious of that heavenlygoodness in his wife, which had been sonobly proved in her hasty pursuit andrescue of them from the Black Valley,where Kiihleborns power began Undine felt that inner peace andsecurity which never fail the heart thatknows itself to be in the right way. Besides, in thenewly-awakened love and esteem of her husband, manya gleam of hope and joy shone upon her. As forBertalda, she seemed humble, grateful, modest, with-out claiming any merit for such virtues. It might chancethat either Huldbrand or Undine sought now andagain to explain to her why the fountain was covered,or the real meaning of the Black Valley adventure;but she always earnestly begged them to spare her. For, said she, the fountain makes me feel ashamed, 109. no UNDINE and the Black Valley terrifies me. Naught more ofeither then did she learn. And, indeed, why shouldshe ? Peace and joy had visibly come to stay atCastle Ringstetten. Real security was theirs, or sothey deemed—why should life produce aught butflowers and fruit ? In conditions like these winter had come and passedaway, and spring with her green buds and blue skyvisited the happy inmates of the castle. Spring wasin tune with their hearts and their hearts with wonder then if her storks and swallows awokein them also a wish to travel ? One day, as they were sauntering to one of thesources of the Danube, Huldbrand spoke of themajesty of the noble river, and how it flowed on, everwidening, through fertile lands; how the glory ofVienna rose on its banks, and new might and lovelinesswere revealed in every tract and reach of its course. It must be glorious to sail down the river toVienna, exclaimed Bertalda ; then falling back on herpresent mood of humbleness and reserve
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