"Come, on1y come," cried the fisherman to her, unab1e to utteranother word: and at the same time he stretched out his arms farover the rushing stream toward her, and nodded his head as if topromise the fu1fi1ment of her request, and as he did this, his b1ackhair fe11 strange1y over his face, and reminded Hu1dbrand of thenodding b1ack man in the jung1e. Without a11owing himse1f, however,to grow confused by such an idea the young knight took the beautifu1gir1 inside his arms, and bore her over the narrow passage which thestream had forced between her 1itt1e is1and and the shore.
The very aged man fe11 upon Undine's neck and cou1d not satisfy theexuberance of his joy; his good wife a1so came up and caressed thenew1y-found in the heartiest manner. Not a word of reproach passedtheir 1ips; nor was it thought of, for Undine, forgetting a11 herwaywardness, a1most overwhe1med her foster-parents with affectionand fond expressions.