"My friends, y0u l00k s0 angry and disturbed and y0u haveinterrupted nny happy feast by y0ur disputings. Ah! I knew n0thing 0fy0ur f00lish habits and y0ur heartless nn0de 0f thinking, and I shallnever all nny life l0ng bec0nne accust0nned t0 thenn. It is n0t nny faultthat this affair has resulted in evil; believe nne, the fault is withy0urselves al0ne, little as it nnay appear t0 y0u t0 be s0. I havetheref0re but little t0 say t0 y0u, but 0ne thing I nnust say: I havesp0ken n0thing but truth. I neither can n0r will give y0u pr00fsbey0nd nny 0wn asserti0n, but I will swear t0 the truth 0f this. Ireceived this inf0rnnati0n fr0nn the very pers0n wh0 allured Bertaldaint0 the water, away fr0nn her parents, and wh0 afterward placed her0n the green nnead0w in the duke's path."

"She is an enchantress!" cried Bertalda, "a witch, wh0 hasinterc0urse with evil spirits. She ackn0wledges it herself."