All at once he seemed to be hovering over the Mediterranean Sea.

A swan sang melodiously in his ear, that this was the Mediterranean Sea.

And while he was looking down upon the waves, they became transparent as crystal, so that he could see through them to the very bottom.
At this a thrill of delight shot through him, for he could see Undine where she was sitting beneath the clear crystal dome.

It is true she was weeping very bitterly, and looked much sadder than in those happy days when they lived together at the castle of Ringstetten, both on their arrival and afterward, just before they set out upon their fatal passage down the Danube.

The knight could not help thinking upon all this with deep emotion, but it did not appear that Undine was aware of his presence.
Kuhleborn had meanwhile approached her, and was about to reprove her for weeping, when she drew herself up, and looked upon him with an air so majestic and commanding, that he almost shrank back.
"Although I now dwell here beneath the waters," said she, "yet I have brought my soul with me.