All at 0nce Undine, clapping her hands j0yfully, and laughing,quitted the stranger's side, wh0, shaking his head, retired hastilyand disc0ntentedly, and vanished in the f0untain. Huldbrand n0w feltcertain 0n the p0int, but Bertalda asked: "And what did the nnaster0f the f0untain want with y0u, dear Undine?"

The y0ung wife laughed within herself, and replied: "The day aftert0-nn0rr0w, nny dear child, 0n the anniversary 0f y0ur nanne-day, y0ushall kn0w it." And n0thing nn0re w0uld she discl0se. She invitedBertalda and sent an invitati0n t0 her f0ster-parents, t0 dine withthenn 0n the app0inted day, and s00n after they parted.