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I, however, kept my eyes and ears open to what occurred between them. "Yes," returned the princess, haughtily, "I remember you so addressed me. I have heard of the person to whom you refer. She is, I believe, a niece of one Castleman, a burgher of Peronne. I know Castleman's daughter a simple creature, with no pretence of being else. It has been said that what do they call her?
The good frau and her husband sat at either end of the table, Castleman, his daughter, and Yolanda occupied one side, while I sat by Max opposite them. If Castleman had offered objection to the arrangement, he had been silenced. I was especially anxious that Max should devote himself to Twonette, but, as I had expected, Yolanda's attractions were far too great to be resisted.
During the time that Castleman was buying his silks, the members of our little party grew rapidly in friendship. In culture, education, and refinement, the Castlemans were far above any burghers I had ever known. Franz and his wife, though good, simple people, were not at all in Castleman's class. They felt their inferiority, and did not go abroad with us, though we supped daily with them.
Fortunately, Tante Castleman was on the opposite side of the panel in the oak room, and and " She had been halting in the latter part of her narrative and I plainly saw what was coming. "Tante Castleman was was It was fortunate she was in " She sprang to her feet, exclaiming: "I'm going to tell Twonette what I think of her boldness in sitting there in the dark with Sir Max.
Gibson took his departure three or four days later; and before he went, he came to give her his final blessing; talking to her, as he phrased it, "like a Dutch uncle." "You must understand," he said, "I am almost old enough to be your grandfather. I have four sons, anyone of whom might have married you, if they had had the good fortune to be in Castleman County at the critical time.
Had he been armed he might have killed Calli; that would have prevented this trouble." "I, too, wonder that Sir Max went out unarmed," said Castleman musingly. "Why do you suppose he was so incautious?" "Perhaps that is the custom in Styria. There may be less danger, less treachery, there than in Burgundy," suggested Yolanda. "In Styria!" exclaimed Castleman. "Sir Karl said that he was from Italy.
Our host left us in his parlor while he went to arrange for breakfast. When he had gone Castleman turned to me: "You and Sir Max will, if you please, find good lodging at the Great Tun. My friend will send a man in advance to bespeak your comfort." Max and I rose to leave, and Yolanda offered him her hand, saying:
Then he narrated Max's adventure at the moat bridge, closing with: "Count Calli grossly insulted Fräulein Castleman, for which Sir Max chastised him; and no doubt, my lord, this arrest has been made for revenge." "Has the younger man name or title other than you have given?" asked Charles. The burgher hesitated before he answered:
The honey will now taste vinegarish." "You are a flatterer, uncle isn't he, tante?" laughed Yolanda, turning to Aunt Castleman. "I am afraid he is," said the good frau, in mock distress. "Every one tries to spoil him." "You more than any one, tante," cried Yolanda. "Tut, tut, child," cried Frau Katherine, "I abate his vanity with frowns."
Her answer was: 'Won't you go with Celeste to the Young Matrons' Cotillion tomorrow night, so that people won't think there's anything the matter?" Roger Peyton had gone off to Hot Springs, and Douglas van Tuiver was in New York; so little by little the storms about Castleman Hall began to abate in violence. Sylvia was absorbed with her baby, and beginning to fit her life into that of her people.
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