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"Who has said stupidities to you, that you doubt me?" and Casimer assumed an injured look, though his eyes danced with merriment. "I heard Hoffman singing a Polish song to little Roserl, the burden of which was, 'Ma drogha, Ma drogha, and when I asked him to translate it, those two words meant, 'My darling. How dare you, ungrateful creature that you are!"
"You are so imprudent I fear for you, and bring your things," said a timid voice, as the little white figure approached the tall black one, striding down the path tempestuously. "You to think of me, forgetful of yourself! Little angel of kindness, why do you take such care of me?" cried Casimer, eagerly taking not only the cloak, but the hands that held it.
Plead headache to excuse your paleness, and I'll keep people away. We will manage the affair and be off as soon as possible," said Helen, as Amy followed her, too bewildered to answer. Casimer was not in the room, the major and Mrs. Cumberland were sipping tea side by side, and the professors roaming vaguely about.
I can say nothing till released from my promise; but mademoiselle may rest assured that Casimer Teblinski is as good and brave a man as Stanislas Prakora." Helen's eyes sparkled, for in this reluctant reply she read confirmation of her suspicion, and thought that Amy would rejoice to learn that her lover was a hero.
Hoffman went to see to the horses, Casimer strolled away with him, and the young ladies went to gather wild flowers at the foot of the tower. "Not a harebell here; isn't it provoking, when they grow in tufts up there, where one can't reach them. Mercy, what's that? Run, Nell, the old wall is coming down!"
"I've found him!" whispered Helen, eagerly, holding up the glove with a gesture of triumph. "Who?" asked Amy, blinded by her tears. "The baron." "Where? when?" cried the girl, amazed. "Here, and now." "Don't take my breath away; tell me quick, or I shall get hysterical." "Casimer is Sigismund Palsdorf, and no more a Pole than I am," was Helen's answer.
"Dear Nell, and that was why I found you so pale and cold and quiet, sitting by me when I woke, guarding me faithfully as you promised you would. How brave and kind you were!" "Villain! I should much like to fire your own pistols at you for this prank of yours." And Casimer laughingly filliped the image on its absurdly aquiline nose.
The major's decision took every one by surprise, and Amy and Casimer looked as if they had fallen from the clouds. The persistency with which the English lessons had gone on was amazing, for Amy usually tired of everything in a day or two. Now, however, she was a devoted teacher, and her pupil did her great credit by the rapidity with which he caught the language.
"Yes, mademoiselle." "Then, Casimer Teblinski is his real name?" No answer. She turned sharply, and added, "For my cousin's sake, I must know the truth. Several curious coincidences make me strongly suspect that he is passing under an assumed name." Not a word said Hoffman, but looked on the ground, as motionless and expressionless as a statue.
Angry, bewildered, and shame-stricken as they were, feminine curiosity overpowered all other feelings for the moment, and the girls sat looking at the culprits with eager eyes, full of instant recognition; for though the disguise was off, and neither had seen them in their true characters but once, they felt no doubt, and involuntarily exclaimed, "Karl!" "Casimer."
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