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Updated: June 29, 2025
This expert accountant and able manager was none other than Manasseh's wife. In the third year of her marriage, however, she had something else to engage her attention beside iron-mining: in that year the house of Adorjan was increased by the birth of twins, Bela and Ilonka, the former a likeness in miniature of his father, and the latter a second Blanka.
You know, he and his comrades are Unitarians and entertain scruples against shedding blood, except in defence of home and country. Will Manasseh Adorjan fight when he is ordered to, or throw down his arms?" "In either case, he will die," declared Benjamin Vajdar. "I should prefer to have him only wounded," said the marchioness.
Then, after some search among his papers, the official produced a document from which he read as follows: "'Mr. Manasseh Adorjan is alleged, on unquestionable authority, to have participated in the fight at St. George and Toroczko. In fact, he with his own hands took General Diurbanu prisoner and bound him with a rope to his horse.
"She can turn Protestant, and then the Church of Rome will have no claim whatever on her." "Very good, but how about the million florins left her as a good Catholic by the bishop?" Manasseh Adorjan crumbled his cigar in his fingers. "If the princess has a woman's heart in her bosom," he declared, "she will throw her million away in return for the love of a true man."
"Ha, ha!" laughed Madam Dormandy; "how surprised he will be when he fails to find us at Ancona and is obliged to journey on by diligence with our baggage, but without us!" "We shall be hurrying on ahead of him over these grand old mountains," added the princess, with enthusiasm, her cheeks glowing in pleased anticipation. "And we have to thank you, Mr. Adorjan, for the suggestion."
"I trust I am among gentlemen," he remarked, quietly, "who will not seek a base revenge on a player that has won their money from them." The words failed not of their effect. Honour forbade that a hand should be raised against the fortunate winner. "But, Adorjan," interposed the leader, in a tone of mingled wonder and vexation, "how did you come here and what is your purpose?"
A second Adorjan had followed to ransom his brother, but he too was detained. Finally there came a third brother, Manasseh. "Ah, at last!" cried the marchioness, eagerly. It appeared that this third Adorjan was on his way home from Italy, and was accompanied by his fiancée, whom he left in care of his brother Aaron while he himself sought the insurgents' camp.
Adorjan was surprised one morning by the receipt of the following: a coffee-coloured uniform, trimmed with red cord and its collar adorned with gold lace; a handsome sword in a gold-mounted scabbard; and an official document from the Italian war office, appointing him major of the battalion with which he had been taken prisoner.
Don't you remember how our neighbour Methuselah's grandson went limping about with one leg longer than the other, when the recruiting officer was here?" "Methuselah's grandson may do that kind of thing," answered Manasseh, "but not an Adorjan. I can't practise any deceit of that sort." "Deceit!" cried Aaron; "we are deceiving no one only the government."
Those papers had passed through the hands of a second Lucretia Borgia, and not without reason had she applauded herself that night at the opera when she permitted her dupe to extort from her the little key which she wore in her bosom. Many years of untroubled peace and happiness for the Adorjan family followed these events.
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