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Well, then, this man is a sufferer, a sick man. I demand, from the noble friend of General Sievers, that he have compassion on the sick man, and allow him to be escorted safely and unmolested to his house." "Can you give me your word that this man did not act thus out of arrogance?" asked the general, in a milder tone; "are you convinced that he is sick?"
"We shall meet, I suppose, in the hall, Mr. Sievers?" "No; I shall not dint; there. If you remain at Turriparva, which I trust you will. I shall be happy to see you in my room. If it have no other inducement to gain it the honour of your visit, it has here, at least, the recommendation of singularity; there is, at any rate, no other chamber like it in this good castle."
"Not heard! well, he told me yesterday, and said he was going to call upon you directly to let you know." "Know what?" "He is a very sensible man, Sievers; and I am very glad at last that he is likely to succeed in the world. All men have their little imprudences, and he was a little too hot once. What of that? He has come to his senses, so have I; and I hope you will never lose yours."
"He eats 'em," cried another voice, and a roar of laughter greeted the announcement. "Pass it here," commanded Maclean. Sievers struck another match, and presently the steady flame of a candle stump showed Maclean a picture such as Gustave Doré would have loved to paint.
"I am glad to meet you," said the general, with a gracious smile. "I bring you greetings from General Sievers. He commissioned and ordered me to show you all possible favor. If I can be of service to you in any possible way, pray command me. I am General von Bachmann, and during our presence here have been appointed to the command of Berlin."
The publication of many able works procured him a reputation which induced Madame Carolina to use every exertion to gain his attendance at Court; and a courtier in time the professor became. At Reisenburg Mr. Sievers was the great authority on all subjects: philosophical, literary, and political.
That is the part of the harness which galls; and to preserve themselves from this rather inconvenient regulation, without question, my good friend Beckendorff has hit upon this plan." "Then Mr. Sievers will accompany you?" asked Vivian, calling the Prince's attention to the point of consultation.
The boy was about ten years of age, exquisitely handsome. Courage, not audacity, was imprinted on his noble features. "Papa! may I hunt with you to-morrow?" "What says Mr. Sievers?" "Oh! Mr. Sievers says I am excellent; I assure you, upon my honour, he does, I heard you come home; but though I was dying to see you, I would not run out till I had finished my Roman History.
This, at least, was something new, a species of pleasure and amusement he had not yet tried, and therefore the young colonel gave himself up to it with his whole soul, and an ardent desire to achieve deeds of valor. But it was his fate to be carried early from the theatre of war as a prisoner, and in this character he arrived with General Sievers at Berlin.
Even as they fell he writhed uppermost, and baffling with an active elbow the captain's last effort to transfix him, he dashed his adversary's head upon the boards. A second later he arose, breathless, but quite uninjured. Sievers was calling to him: "Maclean! Maclean! I say!" "Hallo, there!" he gasped back, hoarsely. "Look out for the captain. He escaped us!"
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