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28-the nettle spinner-第2部分
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knew the day and hour of his departure; and hid herself on the road
to see him once more。
When she came in she put her silent wheel into a corner; and
cried for three days and three nights。
VII
So another year went by。 Then the Count fell ill; and the
Countess supposed that Renelde; weary of waiting; had begun her
spinning anew; but when she came to the cottage to see; she found
the wheel silent。
However; the Count grew worse and worse till he was given up
by the doctors。 The passing bell was rung; and he lay expecting
Death to come for him。 But Death was not so near as the doctors
thought; and still he lingered。
He seemed in a desperate condition; but he got neither better
nor worse。 He could neither live nor die; he suffered horribly;
and called loudly on Death to put an end to his pains。
In this extremity he remembered what he had told the little
spinner long ago。 If Death was so slow in coming; it was because
he was not ready to follow him; having no shroud for his burial。
He sent to fetch Renelde; placed her by his bedside; and ordered
her at once to go on spinning his shroud。
Hardly had the spinner begun to work when the Count began
to feel his pains grow less。
Then at last his heart melted; he was sorry for all the evil he
had done out of pride; and implored Renelde to forgive him。 So
Renelde forgave him; and went on spinning night and day。
When the thread of the nettles was spun she wove it with her
shuttle; and then cut the shroud and began to sew it。
And as before; when she sewed the Count felt his pains grow
less; and the life sinking within him; and when the needle made the
last stitch he gave his last sigh。
VIII
At the same hour Guilbert returned to the country; and; as he
had never ceased to love Renelde; he married her eight days later。
He had lost two years of happiness; but comforted himself with
thinking that his wife was a clever spinner; and; what was much
more rare; a brave and good woman。'24'
'24' Ch。 Denlin。
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