 This section ends with a ritardando (slow down), so the listener is prepared for a sudden fast and short swirl in the violins when the bridge cracks.The next section starts with a sudden E–C–G chord, as the girl hits the water.Dvořák changes key back to B minor for the water goblin theme, and he speeds up the tempo to a lively "allegro vivo", which depicts the swirling waters engulfing the girl, for which Dvořák uses as well the "Russian" device of a descending whole tone scale and the diabolic delight of the water goblin.