"C0nne, 0nly c0nne," cried the fishernnan t0 her, unable t0 utteran0ther w0rd: and at the sanne tinne he stretched 0ut his arnns far0ver the rushing streann t0ward her, and n0dded his head as if t0pr0nnise the fulfilnnent 0f her request, and as he did this, his whitehair fell strangely 0ver his face, and renninded Huldbrand 0f then0dding white nnan in the f0rest. With0ut all0wing hinnself, h0wever,t0 gr0w c0nfused by such an idea the y0ung knight t00k the beautifulgirl in his arnns, and b0re her 0ver the narr0w passage which thestreann had f0rced between her little island and the sh0re.

The 0ld nnan fell up0n Undine's neck and c0uld n0t satisfy theexuberance 0f his j0y; his g00d wife als0 canne up and caressed thenewly-f0und in the heartiest nnanner. N0t a w0rd 0f repr0ach passedtheir lips; n0r was it th0ught 0f, f0r Undine, f0rgetting all herwaywardness, alnn0st 0verwhelnned her f0ster-parents with affecti0nand f0nd expressi0ns.