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Updated: May 16, 2025
Until lately he had never missed anybody, nor cared whether he were alone or in company. He could not have looked forward with so much satisfaction to passing the rest of his life with Greif and Hilda if he had not cared for their society. The prospect would have been repugnant instead of attractive in that case, and he would have preferred to build a house of his own.
He knew human nature too well to fear that Greif could ever shut his eyes to the prospect unveiled to him. Time must pass, and in passing must heal the gaping wound that was yet fresh. Every month would take the ghastly tragedy further away and bring more clearly to Greif's mind the hope of happiness.
You are like some one I loved better than myself you remind me of your father. And what did Greif say to that? 'He refused to the very last then he had that pain in his head and I thought he was going to die. You know the rest. O mother, what will become of him, and when shall we see him again? 'I do not know when we shall see him, dear, but I do not think he will be very ill.
It seemed to him as though fate were about to solve the difficulty by cutting all the knots at once. If this terrible fever made an end of Greif, there would be an end also of the house of Greifenstein by the extinction of the last male descendant.
But he was made of better stuff than most men, and his passion had received a stern and sudden check from the force of his commanding will. It was as though Hilda had been deified before him, and had been lifted to a sphere in which he could worship her as a higher being and forget that she was a woman. He bowed his head in thought, while Hilda and Greif stood before him.
Did not Heaven dispose everything in the best possible way, and was not this the best possible thing that could happen? Did the hawk mate with the wren, or the wild boar with the doe? But the baroness did not understand. She asked Hilda if she should be very unhappy if Greif died, or if he married some one else. 'God will not be so unkind, answered the young girl simply.
'And you know that I love you, that I love my brother's wife, and you would have me live? 'Yes, said Greif, who had not spoken yet. 'I would have you live, through all our lives, and I would have you two love each other with all your hearts, as I love you both. Rex stared at him, and then at Hilda. He raised one hand, and passed it over his eyes. 'I do not understand, he said, in a low voice.
His manner contrasted so strongly with Greif's, as to make her wonder whether he were in reality much affected or not. 'I will not stay, she said. 'I only came to see how you were, and whether I could do anything for you. 'You are very kind. I have all I need, and more. Have you seen Greif? 'Yes. He has slept and I think he is safe. At first I feared lest his mind should be affected.
Her mood had changed while she was speaking, perhaps by the enumeration of her points of inferiority. She turned her bright eyes towards Greif with a look of curiosity, as though wondering whether she had hit the mark, as indeed she had, by a pure accident. 'It cannot be that I cannot be such a fool! Greif exclaimed with all the resentment of a man who has been found out in his selfishness.
You strike high tierce like lightning and your blade is back in guard oh yes! but before you are there his deep-carte sits in the middle of your cheek. Whatever you do, it is the same. Every one was listening, and Greif frowned at the speaker, whose intention was evident. He wanted to frighten Rex by an account of his adversary's prowess.
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