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Updated: June 9, 2025
I believed in nothing in the heavens above or on the earth beneath until this hour." There was something in his tone and in his whole bearing which disarmed Adelheid. She felt she had no cause to fear a further explosion of passion, and her voice grew milder as she answered: "I judge no one, but I belong heart and soul to another world, with other laws than yours.
"As connected with thee, Adelheid, it is," he answered in a low voice: "I would not exchange the secret happiness of having been of this use to thee, and to those thou lovest, for the throne of the powerful prince I serve. I have had my secret wrested from me already, and it is vain attempting to deny it, if I would.
Adelheid saw his embarrassment, and the signal was repeated. The young man sprang up the acclivity with the rapidity of the wind, and disappeared behind the walls of the castle. The barrier of reserve, so long and so success fully observed by Adelheid, was now passed, and she felt as if a few short minutes must decide her fate.
"My father has often extolled the site of the Baron de Blonay's castle," said Adelheid, gazing from the window, though all the fair objects of the view floated unheeded before her eyes: "but, until now, I have always suspected that friendly feeling had a great influence on his descriptions."
The experienced Marguerite smiled at this manifestation of kindness on the part of Adelheid, though even this expression of satisfaction was austere and regulated in one who had so long stood at bay with the world.
For you I am only Adelheid von Wallmoden. I am married; you know that." "Yes, married to a man who is standing on the threshold of old age; who does not love you, and for whom you could feel no love even if he were younger. What does that cold, calculating diplomat know of love? The Court, his position, his advancement, is all in all to him; his wife is nothing.
Every precaution was used to protect the females that tenderness could suggest; but though Adelheid, who alone retained sufficient self-command to give an account of her feelings, diminished the danger of their situation with the wish not to alarm their companions uselessly, she could not conceal from herself the horrible truth that the vital heat was escaping from her own body, with a rapidity that rendered it impossible for her much longer to retain the use of her faculties.
As his friend understood the nature of this inward strife, he ceased to speak, and a long silence succeeded the discourse. It was different with those who followed. Though long accustomed to gaze at their native mountains from a distance, this was the first occasion on which Adelheid and her companion had ever actually penetrated into their glens, or journeyed on their broken and changing faces.
She understood the significance of his words, and her head sank before his pained, sorrowful glance. "I came to say good-bye," continued Egon, "and to ask one question, one favor but it is fruitless to ask it now. I have only farewell to say to you." Adelheid raised her eyes, in which the hot tears were standing, and held out her hand to him. "Good-bye," she said. "Good-bye.
To be sure, an ambassador is a fine match, and it is evident that Adelheid von Wallmoden was born to marry such a man. She has all the aristocratic airs and manners which are the one thing needful in the diplomatic circle. Doubtless he's had her well trained to take her place in the diplomatic school. Well, he's fared well in this world, there's no doubt of that."
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