At first it really seemed to me like a man, and as if it could speak." As the waterfall came rushing down, it distinctly uttered these words in Huldbrand's ear:-- "Rash knight, Brave knight, Rage, feel I not, Chide, will I not.
But ever guard thy little wife as well, Rash knight, brave knight! Protect her well!" A few footsteps more, and they were upon open ground.

The imperial city lay bright before them, and the evening sun, which gilded its towers, kindly dried the garments of the drenched wanderers..