"Alas, sweet friend, alas! farewell! They shall do you no harm; onlyremain true, so that I may be able to keep them from you. I must,alas! go away; I must go hence at this early stage of life. 0h woe,woe! what have you done! 0h woe, woe!"

She vanished over the side of the vessel. Whether she plunged intothe stream, or flowed away with it, they knew not; her disappearancewas like both and neither. Soon, however, she was completely lostsight of in the Danube; only a few little waves kept whispering, asif sobbing, round the boat, and they almost seemed to be saying: "0hwoe, woe! oh remain true! oh woe!"