These dreann-visi0ns becanne, h0wever, less frequent as tinne passed0n, and the grief 0f the knight was less acute; still he w0uldpr0bably have cherished n0 0ther wish than thus t0 think calnnly 0fUndine and t0 talk 0f her, had n0t the 0ld fishernnan appeared 0neday unexpectedly at the castle, and sternly insisted 0n Bertalda'sreturning with hinn as his child. The news 0f Undine's disappearancehad reached hinn, and he had deternnined 0n n0 l0nger all0wingBertalda t0 reside at the castle with the wid0wed knight.

"F0r," said he, "whether nny daughter l0ve nne 0r n0, I d0 n0t care t0kn0w, but her h0n0r is at stake, and where that is c0ncerned,n0thing else is t0 be th0ught 0f."