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Koshchei, who made all things, seemed properly impressed. Then Steinvor talked of her daughters, of Imperia and Lindamira and Christine: of Imperia's beauty, and of Lindamira's bravery under the mishaps of an unlucky marriage, and of Christine's superlative housekeeping. "Fine women, sir, every one of them, with children of their own! and to me they still seem such babies, bless them!"
Christine's own words seemed to ring in her ears mockingly. She had never had a honeymoon at all yet. That week in London had been only a nightmare of tears and disillusionment and heartbreak. If it meant going through it all again She got up suddenly and went to stand beside Jimmy.
She laughed very heartily, fond of romping as she was, and no longer feeling aught of her scruples and discomfort. But the very next week Claude became gloomy again. He had chosen Zoe Piedefer as a model, but she did not satisfy him. Christine's delicate head, as he expressed it, did not set well on the other's shoulders.
In it his father, grown to demonic proportions, towered over Christine's huddled body, his eyes terrible, his fists clenched and raised to strike.
The little Pfinzing castle in Schweinau was neither spacious nor splendid, but it was Fran Christine's favourite place of abode. The heat of summer found no entrance through the walls three feet in thickness of the ancient building.
Besides, he could not help a touch of the pleasure in Christine's happiness which Mela showed; and he would have gone back to the library, if he could, without being discovered. But Beaton had seen him, and Dryfoos, with a nonchalant nod to the young man, came forward. "What you got there, Christine?" "A banjo," said the girl, blushing in her father's presence. Mela gurgled. "Mr.
He was an engaged man and engaged to Christine. He felt as if someone had snapped handcuffs on his wrists. Being Christine's fiancé would mean a very different thing from being engaged to Cynthia. The two girls lived very different lives, had been brought up very differently. Jimmy had liked the free and easy Bohemianism of the set in which Cynthia moved; he was not so sure about Christine's.
The next morning, the boys were very anxious to hear Christine's proposals; for although they had quite made up their minds to try their own plan, if hers was not feasible, still they felt that, with her knowledge of the country, she was likely, at any rate, to give them good advice. Until she had cleared away breakfast, Christine said nothing.
"You are very fortunate. If you haven't a teacher yet I should so like to recommend mine." Mela broke out in her laugh again. "Oh, I guess Christine's pretty well suited with the one she's got," she said, with insinuation. Her sister gave her a frowning glance, and Margaret did not tempt her to explain. "Then that's much better," she said.
The Pfinzings had known him from early childhood, for his father had been a dear friend and brother in arms of the magistrate; and whilst Boemund, as a boy, was enjoying the instruction of the Benedictines in the monastery of St. AEgidius, he had been a favourite comrade of Frau Christine's son, who had fallen in battle, and always found a cordial reception in his parents' house.
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