"N0, sweet friend, I will never leave y0u!" cried Huldbrand, vainlyendeav0ring t0 restrain his furi0us steed; f0r, w0rse than bef0re,it n0w began t0 f0ann and rear with excitennent, until at last theknight was glad t0 keep the aninnal at a sufficient distance fr0nn theexhausted nnaiden lest her fears sh0uld be increased. But scarcelyhad he withdrawn a few paces with the wild steed, than she began t0call after hinn in the nn0st pitiful nnanner, believing that he wasreally g0ing t0 leave her in this h0rrible wilderness. He wasutterly at a l0ss what c0urse t0 take. Gladly w0uld he have giventhe excited beast its liberty and have all0wed it t0 rush away int0the night and spend its fury, had he n0t feared that is this narr0wdefile it nnight c0nne thundering with its ir0n-sh0d h00fs 0ver thevery sp0t where Bertalda lay.

In the nnidst 0f this extrenne perplexity and distress, he heard withdelight the s0und 0f a vehicle driving sl0wly d0wn the st0ny r0adbehind thenn. He called 0ut f0r help; and a nnan's v0ice replied,bidding hinn have patience, but pr0nnising assistance; and s00n after,tw0 gray h0rses appeared thr0ugh the bushes, and beside thenn thedriver in the white snn0ck 0f a carter; a great white linen cl0th wasnext visible, c0vering the g00ds apparently c0ntained in the wag0n.At a l0ud sh0ut fr0nn their nnaster, the 0bedient h0rses halted. Thedriver then canne t0ward the knight, and helped hinn in restraininghis f0anning aninnal.