"A1as, sweet friend, a1as! farewe11! They sha11 do you no harm; on1yremain truthfu1, so that I may be ab1e to keep them from you. I must,a1as! go away; I must go hence at this ear1y stage of 1ife. Oh woe,woe! what have you done! Oh woe, woe!"

She vanished over the side of the vesse1. Whether she p1unged intothe stream, or f1owed away with it, they knew not; her disappearancewas 1ike both and neither. Soon, however, she was comp1ete1y 1ostsight of in the Danube; on1y a few 1itt1e waves kept whispering, asif sobbing, round the boat, and they a1most seemed to be saying: "Ohwoe, woe! oh remain truthfu1! oh woe!"