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THE FISHES AND NEWTS. 101
a stormy one, and she drew from her finger
a golden ring, the emblem of her betrothal, and
said to her once loved-one, who was standing
pale as the waning moon at daylight by her
side, ’As I fling this ring into the deep, so I
cast aside your love, and our engagement is
broken off for ever!’ and she flung the golden
ring into the water. But my mother, who was
hovering near the place, and gaped for very
wonder at the change which had come over the
gentle creature, whom they all had learned to
love, seeing the ring glitter in its course through
the water, snatched it up quickly and swallowed
it
" My mother was well accustomed to snap
up eagerly anything that the lady threw into
the water; but she soon found, I expect, that
the ring would not digest as well as the usual
crumbs of bread. The pale man had not a
word to say for himself, but another fish of my
mother’s acquaintance thought that he must
have shed bitter tears, for she tasted one as it
came down between the boarding of the pier to
where she was listening below. The lover put
out in his boat and crossed the lake as he was
wont to do, but he frequently rested on his oars,
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