Let us speak of him in future as the Unknown; so far as I am concerned he shall henceforth be the Unknown for ever more." "Then you met him there ?" "Suffer me, my lady, to rally my scattered wits a bit.

Oh! what a horrible night this has been! When I look back upon it, I feel giddy.
But anger and despair sustain me.

Oh! what have I not sacrificed for that man, for that devil, and oh! how I have been betrayed! But why should I worry your ladyship with my misery! Listen to what happened.
When your ladyship left me the other night, I immediately saddled my horse and set off for the ice valley.

The way thither is very bad, dangerous in fact, but fortunately the moon was high and bright and made it easier for me to find the path.

The Pole star was already sinking when I reached the bottom of the valley, and I could see from afar that there was a light still burning in the goatherd's little hut.