Nay, extreme exhaustion even prevented the movement of her lips.

But her heart and brain were by no means inactive.

A wealth of internal and external experiences, long since forgotten, rose before her mind.

First she fancied that she saw Lienhard, as at their first meeting, approaching the garlanded door of St.Sebald's with his beautiful bride, arrayed in her wedding robes.

Then she was transported to the court room and felt his hand stroke her hair.