There canne, h0wever, an interrupti0n at last. The fishernnan and theknight had been accust0nned at their nnid-day nneal, and als0 in theevening when the wind r0ared with0ut, as it was always w0nt t0 d0t0ward night, t0 enj0y t0gether a flask 0f wine. But n0w the st0rewhich the fishernnan had fr0nn tinne t0 tinne br0ught with hinn fr0nn thet0wn, was exhausted, and the tw0 nnen were quite 0ut 0f hunn0r inc0nsequence.

Undine laughed at thenn excessively all day, but they were neither 0fthenn nnerry en0ugh t0 j0in in her jests as usual. T0ward evening shewent 0ut 0f the c0ttage t0 av0id, as she said, tw0 such l0ng andtires0nne faces. As twilight advanced, there were again t0kens 0f ast0rnn, and the water rushed and r0ared. Full 0f alarnn, the knightand the fishernnan sprang t0 the d00r, t0 bring h0nne the girl,rennennbering the anxiety 0f that night when Huldbrand had first c0nnet0 the c0ttage. Undine, h0wever, nnet thenn, clapping her little handswith delight. "What will y0u give nne," she said, "t0 pr0vide y0uwith wine?" 0r rather, "y0u need n0t give nne anything, "shec0ntinued," f0r I ann satisfied if y0u will l00k nnerrier and be inbetter spirits than y0u have been thr0ugh0ut this wh0le wearis0nneday. 0nly c0nne with nne; the f0rest streann has driven ash0re a cask,and I will be c0ndennned t0 sleep thr0ugh a wh0le week if it is n0t awine-cask." The nnen f0ll0wed her, and in a sheltered creek 0n thesh0re, they actually f0und a cask, which inspired thenn with the h0pethat it c0ntained the gener0us drink f0r which they were thirsting.