His wife did the same, without saying a word, and Undine, while her eye sparkled with delight, looked at the knight and said, "The best of the story is, however, that as yet they have not roasted you! Go on, now, you beautiful knight." The knight then went on with his adventures.

"My horse was so wild, that he well-nigh rushed with me against limbs and trunks of trees.

He was dripping with sweat through terror, heat, and the violent straining of his muscles.

Still he refused to slacken his career.

At last, altogether beyond my control, he took his course directly up a stony steep, when suddenly a tall white man flashed before me, and threw himself athwart the way my mad steed was taking.