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Hence it was in this room and in the adjoining great hall that the Freiherr transacted business with V . Once they were both sitting at the great table by the bright blazing fire; V had his pen in his hand, and was noting down various totals and calculating the riches of the lord of the entail, whilst the latter, leaning his head on his hand, was blinking at the open account-books and formidable-looking documents.
The blue banner came safe up the Pass again, but Wurtemburg had been formally civil to the young Freiherr; but he had laughed at the fend letter as a mere old-fashioned habit of Schangenwald's that it was better not to notice, and he evidently regarded the stealing of a bull or the misusing of a serf as far too petty a matter for his attention.
But the remarkable result of the interview, which began at noon and lasted on without interruption until late at night, was that the next day the Freiherr made a declaration before the court to the effect that he acknowledged the claimant to be, agreeably to his father's will, the son of Wolfgang von R , eldest son of Freiherr Roderick von R , and begotten in lawful wedlock with Mdlle.
'You might, sir, as the law stands, make me prisoner, returned Seraphina. 'Short of that you will gain nothing. 'You will continue as before? he asked. 'Precisely as before, said she. 'As soon as this comedy is over, I shall request the Freiherr von Gondremark to visit me. Do you understand? she added, rising. 'For my part, I have done.
The rite over, two attestations of the marriage of Eberhard, Freiherr von Adlerstein, and Thekla, Freiherrinn von Adlerstein Wildschloss and Felsenbach, were drawn up and signed by the abbot, the Emperor, Count Dankwart, and the father and mother of the two contracting parties; one to be committed to the care of the abbot, the other to be preserved by the house of Adlerstein.
"He presents himself as the Baron von Josephi," said the freiherr. "One of the oldest families in Hungary!" exclaimed one of the guests. "Then he can be admitted," responded the hostess. "At least, if it be agreeable to the ladies?" Unanimous consent was given, and the freiherr arose from his seat to convey the invitation to the stranger.
"Thanks; I would that we could see strange lands!" said Ebbo. "But come, Friedel, the sun is high, and I locked them all into the castle to make matters safe." "May the liberated captive know the name of his deliverers, that he may commend it to the saints?" asked the merchant. "I am Eberhard, Freiherr von Adlerstein, and this is Freiherr Friedmund, my brother. Farewell, sir."
Daniel also seemed to have now forgotten the insult that had been put upon him. Towards the Freiherr, although often followed by him with mistrustful eyes on account of the treasure buried in the chasm, his bearing was both quiet and humble. But what struck everybody as extraordinary was that the old man appeared to grow younger from day to day.
The testament in question, therefore, was nothing more than an evidential statement, written down and deposited with the court, to the effect that Freiherr Wolfgang von R had bequeathed the estate-tail to a son who was at that time still living; and accordingly it had as evidence no greater weight than that of any other witness, and so could not by any possibility legitimately establish the claims of the person who had announced himself to be Freiherr Roderick von R . Hence it was rather the duty of this new claimant to prove by action at law his alleged rights of inheritance, which were hereby expressly disputed and denied, and so also to take proper steps to maintain his claim to the estate-tail, which now, according to the laws of succession, fell to Baron Hubert von R . By the father's death the property came at once immediately into the hands of the son.
Not a single step could be taken beyond the postern threshold without risk of falling at least eighty feet into a deep chasm. The old Freiherr had foreseen the very hour of his death, and had sent intelligence of it to his sons. Hence it happened that the very next day saw the arrival of Wolfgang, Freiherr von R , eldest son of the deceased, and now lord of the entail.
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