Again came the two soldiers to the cottage and seized the girl , carried her to the river bank , tied a stone to her neck and flung her into the water . The moment their backs were turned the stone untied itself . Renelde waded the ford , returned to the hut , and sat down to spin . This time the Count resolved to go to Locquignol himself ; but , as he was very weak and unable to walk , he had himself borne in a litter . And still the spinner spun . When he saw her he fired a shot at her , as he would have fired at a wild beast . The bullet rebounded without harming the spinner , who still spun on . 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 XXXXX the evening Guilbert arrived at the cottage .
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