Und bald erschien er glänzend-weiß im klaren Raume des weiten Himmels. Er ward immer silberner, und nun rieselte seine Lichtflut auch unten im Bache über den Wellen in zahllosen funkelnden Sternen, wie ein Strom geschmolzener Diamanten.
Then she appeared dazzling with whiteness in the empty heavens that she lit up, and now sailing more slowly along, let fall upon the river a great stain that broke up into an infinity of stars; and the silver sheen seemed to writhe through the very depths like a heedless serpent covered with luminous scales; it also resembled some monster candelabra all along which sparkled drops of diamonds running together.