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The Eremite rose with the Sun; and while he was yet at matins, was / joined by Iduna, refreshed and cheerful after her unusual slumbers. / After performing their devotions, her venerable host proposed that / they should go forth and enjoy the morning air. So, descending the / precipitous bank of the river, he led the way to a small glen, the / bed of a tributary rivulet, now nearly exhausted. Beautiful clumps of / birch-trees and tall thin poplars, rose on each side among the rocks / covered with bright mosses, and parasitical plants of gay and various / colours. One side of the glen was touched with the golden and grateful / beams of the rising sun, and the other was in deep shadow.
"Here you can enjoy nature and freedom in security;" said the Eremite, / "for your enemies, if they have not already given up their pursuit, will / scarcely search this sweet solitude."