. Undine. CHAPTER VIII THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING The bright morning light awoke the pair: Undinehid her face beneath the bed-coverings, while Huld-brand lay for a moment in silent thought. So oft ashe had slept during the night, strange and marvellousvisions had disturbed his rest : spectres, grinningmysteriously, had striven to disguise themselves asbeautiful women ; beautiful women had taken uponthemselves the form of draoons : and when he startedup from these hideous dreams, the moon shone paleand cold into the room, and in terror he looked atUndine in whose arms he had fallen to sleep. But
. Undine. CHAPTER VIII THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING The bright morning light awoke the pair: Undinehid her face beneath the bed-coverings, while Huld-brand lay for a moment in silent thought. So oft ashe had slept during the night, strange and marvellousvisions had disturbed his rest : spectres, grinningmysteriously, had striven to disguise themselves asbeautiful women ; beautiful women had taken uponthemselves the form of draoons : and when he startedup from these hideous dreams, the moon shone paleand cold into the room, and in terror he looked atUndine in whose arms he had fallen to sleep. But lo, 56 THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING 57 there she lay at his side, unchanged in loveliness andgrace. Whereupon he would press a light kiss on herrosy lips and would fall again to sleep, only to beawakened by new terrors. Now that he was fullyawake, he bethought himself of all this and blamedhimself full sore for every doubt that had turned himagainst his sweet wife. He begged her to pardon hisunjust suspicion
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