. Undine. CHAPTER XIII HOW THEY FARED AT CASTLE RINGSTETTEN Now the story is silent concerning some events, andonly mentioneth others cursorily ; while it passeth over aconsiderable space of time. And for this he who readsthe tale must pardon him that wrote it, the reasonbeing that the writer is himself moved by the sadnessof it, and would fain have others touched could, an he willed it, portray—for perchance hehath the skill—how, step by step, Huldbrands heartbegan to turn from Undine to Bertalda ; how Bertaldamore and more answered devotion by devotion ; howboth looked upon the w
. Undine. CHAPTER XIII HOW THEY FARED AT CASTLE RINGSTETTEN Now the story is silent concerning some events, andonly mentioneth others cursorily ; while it passeth over aconsiderable space of time. And for this he who readsthe tale must pardon him that wrote it, the reasonbeing that the writer is himself moved by the sadnessof it, and would fain have others touched could, an he willed it, portray—for perchance hehath the skill—how, step by step, Huldbrands heartbegan to turn from Undine to Bertalda ; how Bertaldamore and more answered devotion by devotion ; howboth looked upon the wife as a mysterious being tofear rather than to pity; how Undine wept, and howher tears stirred the knights remorse without awakening 90 AT CASTLE RINGSTETTEN 91 his old love—in such sort that, though at times hewas kind and affectionate, a cold shudder would soondrive him from her and make him turn to his fellowmortal, Bertalda. All this, the writer knoweth fullwell, might be drawn out at length ; m
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