It is not my fault that this affair has resulted in evil; believe me, the fault is with yourselves alone, little as it may appear to you to be so.

I have therefore but little to say to you, but one thing I must say: I have spoken nothing but truth.

I neither can nor will give you proofs beyond my own assertion, but I will swear to the truth of this.

I received this information from the very person who allured Bertalda into the water, away from her parents, and who afterward placed her on the green meadow in the duke's path." "She is an enchantress!" cried Bertalda, "a witch, who has intercourse with evil spirits.

She acknowledges it herself." "I do not," said Undine, with a whole heaven innocence and confidence beaming, in her eyes.