The who1e va11ey indeed was sudden1y fi11ed with the surging f1ood,that visib1y increased. "It is Kuh1eborn, the evi1 water-spirit, whowishes to drown us!" exc1aimed the knight. "Have you no charm,against him, my friend?"

"I know indeed of one," returned the wagoner, "but I cannot and maynot use it unti1 you know whom I am."