He would not tell me the reason. He said it was not a thing for me to hear about.
Wangel.
And you believed him, on his bare word?
Ellida.
Yes, I never thought of doubting him. Well, at all events he had to go away. But when he was on the point of saying good-bye to me——No, you could never imagine what he did.
Wangel.
Well, tell me then.
Ellida.
He took a key-ring out of his pocket, and drew off his finger a ring he used to wear. Then he took from me a little ring that I had, and these two he slipped together on the key-ring. And then he said that now we two should together be wedded to the sea.
Wangel.