When all were gone save Kreiss and his seven brothers, he said to them: “Now that we are alone, we alone shall reap the glory of the enterprise! So far from regretting what I have done, I mean on the contrary, to enlarge our project in a manner which shall redound to the eternal glory of our race.”
[Full Page Image] -- [Medium-Size]
The dwarfs are not only skillful metallurgists, but they are also most expert carpenters and builders.
Hence the good people of the Rheingau are convinced that they have built all those ruins of solid old castles, in which they are still living and which they have so cunningly repaired and propped up that they will last forever.
