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This scenery is among the things a globe-trotter has to see." "Shall you stay long?" "I go to Florida day after to-morrow. Come on to the veranda and tell me about yourself." "If I can stop asking questions long enough!" It was while they were talking and smoking in the sunshine with the glorious western range spread before them, that von Sternburg said, "And poor old Max is dead."
Friedrich passed his hand over his face. "I can't understand it. You say Stapfer was in love with Hilda?" "And she made use of him, just as she did of Moller and von Hatfeldt and everybody else who came near her. She overreached herself about von Hillern, though." "It seems treachery to listen to you, von Sternburg." "Treachery! Why, my dear boy "
Yet it was clear that he felt himself to have the whip-hand of the situation, and Hilda's manner acknowledged it. Across the room the others were talking together, though von Rittenheim was not without preoccupation. "You don't seem glad to see me," von Sternburg said, in German. Hilda ignored his opening.
Her eyes were fixed on the man who had followed von Rittenheim into the room. "You, you!" she whispered, hoarsely. Von Sternburg gave a cry of amazement. "The Baroness here! Why didn't you tell me, Friedrich?" he demanded, while his mind quickly reviewed the possible relations between von Rittenheim and his sister-in-law, and considered the effect upon them of his frank disclosures of the morning.
I am one of the lost illusions." She looked from one to another in quick observance of their emotion. "Then, my scar," she went on, lightly, "that vas another lie. I've had it ever since I vas a child. And here is something that Baron von Sternburg could not have disclosed. You see I am r-revealing everything. I am sure he told you that I am rich? Yes?
The ways of the German Foreign Office had been always abrupt, not to say ruthless, towards its agents, and yet commonly some discontent had been shown as excuse; but, in this case, no cause was guessed for Holleben's disgrace except the Kaiser's wish to have a personal representative at Washington. Breaking down all precedent, he sent Speck von Sternburg to counterbalance Herbert.
"She will not dishonor you," answered Friedrich to the unspoken question. "She'll merely br-reak your heart," completed von Sternburg, brutally. Wendell turned to Hilda in relief, to find her drawn haughtily erect before him. She did not notice his extended hands. "You doubted me," she flung at him, arrogantly. "I demand from those who love me, all or nothing."
Now Count Diethelm was aroused, and with the blind fury of his earlier years swore to his rich companion that Gerda belonged to him, and should never wed the young cock-sparrow of the Sternburg. In her quiet chamber the unhappy maid wept out her heart's grief, but burning tears did not thaw the ice-cold heart of the father.
The Baroness braved public opinion for a time, first playing the innocent and then the martyr; but one day Graf von Hatfeldt called upon her, and told her a few home truths, and that very night she left the Schloss. Nobody knows where she went to, unless it's Stapfer. If he does, he has kept her secret." Friedrich preserved a silence that disturbed von Sternburg.
Car-roll," she said, in English, "Baron von Sternburg has brought news that compels me to leave Oakwood soon yes, to-morrow. I hope you know how gr-rateful I am to you for your hospitality. Your kindness alvays vill be a br-right spot in my life!" She looked charmingly young and very lovely as she stooped and kissed the old lady's cheek. "To-morrow?
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