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Langenau had it in his room a most happy accident, and there was a great deal said about it. I again was left in doubt of my fate. Again Sophie interposed. "We have forgotten Mary Leighton," she said, gently. "Does Miss Leighton know anything of German?" "Not a thing," said Henrietta.
I saw by the clock in the lower hall that it was half an hour earlier than I had come down the morning before; at which I was secretly chagrined, for now there was no danger, alias hope, of seeing Mr. Langenau. But probably he had forgotten all about the foolish half-hour that had given me so much to think about.
Langenau, between his teeth, "and of such charming innocence." "Oh, as to that," said Mary Leighton, piqued beyond prudence, "we all have our own views as to that." The largess due the bearer of good news was not by right the meed of Mary Leighton. He looked at her as if he hated her. "Mr. Richard Yandermarck is a fortunate man," he said. "She has rare beauty, if he has a taste for beauty."
I never heard there was anything against him but his poverty." "How can he have heard about Mr. Langenau?" said Sophie, musingly. "I think Pauline must have told him," said Richard. "Pauline? never. She is much too clever; she never told him. You may be quite sure of that." "Pauline clever! Poor Pauline!" said Richard, with a short, sarcastic laugh, which had the effect of making Sophie angry.
A few moments more of the sound of commonplace words, and the repulsion of every-day faces and expressions, swept me back into the circle of conventionalities, and brought me under the force of that current that keeps us from high tragedy. All during the meal Mr. Langenau was grave and silent, speaking little and then with effort.
Langenau, who was now revived by stimulants, was quite reassuring, and attempted to laugh at us for being so much frightened. Then the young ladies' curiosity got the better of their terror, and they clamored for the history of the past two hours. This history was given them principally by Kilian.
They shortly declined to go to walk with us: and so Mary Leighton, Mr. Langenau, and I started alone toward the river. It must be confessed, Miss Leighton was not rewarded for her effort, for a stiffer and more uncomfortable companion could not be imagined.
Langenau who was behind me. I pushed open my door and went half-way in the room; then with a vehement and sudden impulse came back into the hall and pulled it shut again and stood with my hand upon the latch, and waited for him to pass. In an instant more he was near me, but not as if he saw me; he could not reach the stairway without passing so near me that he must touch my dress.
Langenau entered, she met his bow with one of her best smiles: how the change must have struck him; for she had been very mechanical and polite to him before. Now she spoke to him with the charming manner that brought every one to her feet. And what was the cause of this sudden kindness? It is very easy for me to see now, though then I had not a suspicion. Alas!
Langenau took no special notice of me then, and very little that was flattering when Mary Leighton and I began our lesson proper. Mrs. Hollenbeck, Charlotte, and Henrietta took up their books and left, when the infant class was called. I do not think Mr. Langenau took great pains to make the study of the German tongue of interest to Miss Leighton.
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