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Updated: May 16, 2025
Hilda had indeed told her that poor Greif had received no message from his father, but as the baroness had never mentioned the letter to Rex, she supposed that both were in the same position.
A dozen followed almost immediately, then a hundred, and hundreds more, till all the thousand lay together, a burning heap, throwing up clouds of lurid smoke into the night, and illuminating the great buildings with a broad red glare. Greif stood still a moment, watching the bonfire, and then sheathed his rapier and turned away.
Frau von Sigmundskron moved noiselessly about the house, giving the necessary directions when there were any to be given, occasionally sitting down in a quiet corner to read a few pages of a devotional book she had found. More than once she went to the different rooms where Greif and Rex had withdrawn, to see whether she could be of any use.
For an Hour and a Quarter did we continue in this unfortunate situation Sophia fainting every moment and I running mad as often. Had we indeed before imagined that either of them lived, we should have been more sparing of our Greif but as we had supposed when we first beheld them that they were no more, we knew that nothing could remain to be done but what we were about.
The mere idea of leaving it was painful to him, and if he must be parted for a time from Greif and Hilda he coupled their names in his thoughts, and rather obstinately, too he knew that the time would pass more quickly in the old castle than anywhere else.
Dear reader, have you ever stood by and seen a home you loved looted, despoiled and deprived of even the egg spoons, silver after-dinner coffee cups, jewels and toilet articals? If not, you cannot comprehand my greif and stern resolve to recover them, at whatever cost. I by now cared little for the Reward but everything for honor. The second Theif was now aproaching.
'But for your hand, I should have died with the confession on my lips, Rex answered. 'I love you, yes. 'Then live, for my sake! said Hilda, holding out the hand that had saved him. 'For your sake? Rex repeated the words as though scarcely understanding them. 'For my sake and for his, Hilda answered, pointing to Greif. 'With that sin against him in my heart? No. I will not.
'So am I, she answered thoughtfully. 'I was angry at first. I do not think I am angry any more, but I cannot forget it, because, in some way or other, it must be my fault. Forgive you? There is nothing to forgive, dear. Why should one not speak out what is in one's heart? It would be a sort of lie, if one did not. I would tell you at once, if I thought you did not love me Greif smiled.
'She never told me of it, though she often wondered that you had nothing. 'Rex knows! exclaimed Greif in a tone of conviction. 'And he received the letter. I have told you how it was that he confessed to me his real name. He was telling the truth then, for I know him well. He would as soon have told me that he was my brother as my cousin 'He would have hesitated to do that 'No.
But Greif did not fall a victim to any such schemes. If Hilda had at all resembled most girls of her age, he could have compared her with them, and the comparison would not have been to her advantage. She could not have possessed their cheap accomplishments, their knowledge of waltzing, or their intimate acquaintance with their neighbours' affairs.
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