Burchard fell into such a violent rage that it nearly killed him . He broke the wheel into a thousand pieces , and then fell fainting on the ground . He was carried back to the castle , unconscious . The next day the wheel was mended , and the spinner sat down to spin . Feeling that while she was spinning he was dying , the Count ordered that her hands should be tied , and that they should not lose sight of her for one instant . But the guards fell asleep , the bonds loosed themselves , and the spinner spun on . Burchard had every nettle rooted up for three leagues round . Scarcely had they been torn from the soil when they sowed themselves afresh , and grew as you were looking at them . They sprung up even in the well-trodden floor of the cottage , and as fast as they were uprooted the distaff gathered to itself a supply of nettles , crushed , prepared , and ready for spinning . And every day Burchard grew worse , and watched his end approaching . VI Moved by pity for her husband , the Countess at last found out the cause of his illness , and entreated him to allow himself to be cured . But the Count in his pride refused more than ever to give his consent to the marriage . So the lady resolved to go without his knowledge to pray for mercy from the spinner , and in the name of Renelde 's dead mother she besought her to spin no more . Renelde gave her promise , but in the evening Guilbert arrived at the cottage . Seeing that the cloth was no farther advanced than it was the evening before , he inquired the reason . Renelde confessed that the Countess had prayed her not to let her husband die . ` Will he consent to our marriage ? ' ` No . ' ` Let him die then . ' ` But what will the Countess say ? '
` The Countess will understand XXXXX it is not your fault ; the Count alone is guilty of his own death . '
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