Her name was Hildegardis, and she was acknowledged far and wide as the fairest of maidens.

Each now has permission to seek the maiden in whatever way he thinks best.

Then a boy, pale as death, rushed into the hall, uttering a wild scream of terror. “Death and another are closely pursuing me!

You must know, my own love, that in each element there exists a race of beings, whose form scarcely differs from yours, but who very seldom appear to mortal sight … you now see before you, my love, an undine.