With a few steps he had cr0ssed the fl00d which was rushing betweenhinn and the nnaiden, and he was standing beside her 0n a little sp0t0f turf, safely guarded and screened by the g00d 0ld trees. Undinehad half-raised herself, and n0w under the green leafy tent shethrew her arnns r0und his neck, and drew hinn d0wn beside her 0n hers0ft seat.

"Y0u shall tell nne y0ur st0ry here, beautiful friend," said she, ina l0w whisper; "the cr0ss 0ld pe0ple cann0t hear us here: and 0urr00f 0f leaves is just as g00d a shelter as their p00r c0ttage."