September noon
-- the house to which it belongs , but on the wedding day of the two beautiful Es the Emperor Rudolph had commanded that , in perpetual remembrance of its two loveliest daughters , the Ortliebs should henceforward bear on their escutcheon two linden leaves under tendrils , the symbol of loyal steadfastness . When , a few months after Wolff 's union with his heart 's beloved , the coffin of old Countess Rotterbach , adorned with a handsome coronet upon the costly pall , was borne out of the house at the quiet evening hour , she thought there was no cause to mourn . On the other hand , she grieved when , for a long time , she did not see old Casper Eysvogel , whose tall figure she had formerly watched with pleasure when , at a late hour , he returned from some banquet , his bearing erect , and his step as firm as if wine could not get the better of him . But suddenly one warm September noon , when her pale , waxing crescent was plainly visible in the blue sky by daylight , she beheld him again . He was less erect than before , but he seemed content with his fate ; for , as a cooler breeze waved the light cobwebs in the little garden , into which he had been led , his daughter-in-law Els with loving care wrapped his feet in the rug which she had embroidered for him with the Eysvogel coat of arms , and he gratefully kissed her brow . It was fully ten years later that Luna saw him also borne to the grave . Frau Rosalinde , his son , and his beautiful wife followed his coffin with sincere sorrow .