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It was plain that he had no sympathy with these modern, hurried methods of meeting the emergencies of daily life. A valise, packed and strapped, lay on the table. D'Arragon weighed it in his hand, and then lifted it to his shoulder. "Come, monsieur," he repeated leading the way through Barlasch's room to the yard. "And you," he added, addressing himself to that soldier, "shut the door behind us."
Sebastian nodded in answer to Barlasch's somewhat ceremonious bow, and by a gesture invited him to be seated on the chair upon which he had already laid his hand. The atmosphere of the room was warm, and Barlasch laid aside his sheepskin coat, as he had seen the great and the rich divest themselves of their sables. He turned sharply and caught the waitress with an amused smile still on her face.
Barlasch's attention had been somewhat withdrawn by a smell of cooking meat, to which he opened his nostrils frankly and noisily after the manner of a dog. "Then it remains," he said, looking towards the kitchen, "for Mademoiselle to make her choice." "There is no choice," replied Desiree, "I shall be ready to go with you when you have eaten."
Felix Meyer, the notary, has instructions to furnish you with money for household expenses." It would appear that Sebastian possessed other friends in Dantzig, who had kept him advised of all that passed in the city. For neither Mathilde nor Desiree had obeyed Barlasch's blunt order to write to their father.
Barlasch's face broke into that broad smile which was only called forth by the presence of danger. "Is it the patron?" he asked in a whisper, with his hand on the heavy bolts affixed by that pious Hanseatic merchant who held that if God be in the house there is no need of watchmen. "Yes," answered Mathilde. "Open quickly." Sebastian came in with a light step.
For Barlasch's conception of a Deity could not get further than the picture of a great Commander who in times of stress had no leisure to see that non-commissioned officers did their best for the rank and file. Indeed, the poor in all lands rather naturally conclude that God will think of carriage-people first.
It seemed as if a weight long laid upon his heart had been lifted at last. He made a journey to Konigsberg soon after Barlasch's return, and came back with eager eyes. His correspondence was enormous. He had, it seemed, a hundred friends who gave him news and asked something in exchange advice, encouragement, warning.
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