. Undine. ore thee on his back to this region ? Nathless I beg of thee, quoth Undine, not toappear to me again. I fear thee now. What if myhusband were to learn to avoid me, when he seeth mein such strange company and with such relations ! Little niece, saith Kiihleborn, forget not thatI am here with thee as a guide—else might the mali-cious goblins of the earth play some stupid pranks withthee. Let me therefore go on quickly at thy old priest had better memory for me than thouhast, for he told me that I seemed familiar to him andthat perchance I was with him in the boat, out ofwhich
. Undine. ore thee on his back to this region ? Nathless I beg of thee, quoth Undine, not toappear to me again. I fear thee now. What if myhusband were to learn to avoid me, when he seeth mein such strange company and with such relations ! Little niece, saith Kiihleborn, forget not thatI am here with thee as a guide—else might the mali-cious goblins of the earth play some stupid pranks withthee. Let me therefore go on quickly at thy old priest had better memory for me than thouhast, for he told me that I seemed familiar to him andthat perchance I was with him in the boat, out ofwhich he fell into the water. In sooth was I, for I wasthe waterspout that threw him out of it and washed himsafely ashore for thy bridals. Undine and the knight turned then to Father Heil-mann, but he seemed walking as it were in a dream,and perceived naught of what was passing. There-upon said Undine to Kiihleborn, Lo ! there I see Little niece said Kiihleborn, forget not thatT am here with thee as a guide I. THE KNIGHT BEARS AWAY HIS WIFE 69 the end of the forest. No need have we of thy help,and tis only thou who scarest us. I beg thee, there-fore, in all love and goodwill, vanish and leave us inpeace. But Kiihleborn was angered thereat, his face grewhideous, and right fiercely did he gnash his teeth atUndine, who screamed aloud and called on her hus-band for help. Quick as lightning the knight sprangto the other side of the horse and aimed a stout blowwith his sword at Kuhleborns head. But the bladestruck against a waterfall, which was rushing downnear them from a lofty crag, and with a splash, whichsounded almost like a burst of laughter, it pouredover them and drenched them to the skin. Whereatthe priest of a sudden woke from his dream : Longsince, quoth he, have I been expecting something ofthe sort, for the stream ran down from the heightsso close to us. At the first, methought it was reallya man and could speak with human voice. Now, as the waterfall rushed down, it distin
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