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Updated: June 8, 2025
"His example and his teachings I have followed, or to-day we would be very poor indeed, now that I have lost my goods at sea. We must be very economical and, perhaps, in time we may retrieve our loss." Other tradesmen, too, suffered by this shipwreck. Mr. Vollmar did what he could to help them and, little by little, they were able to go on with their business.
Von Kessner and Vollmar turned grey as he bowed, and whispered: "The doors are open, Excellencies, and all is ready!" Then the three lifted the shapeless bag and carried it with noiseless tread down to the hall and out through the half-open doors to where a carriage drawn by four black horses stood waiting.
The first room that he entered, after his tedious stay in his own darkened bedroom, was the dining-room, where the family loved best to sit. The walls of this room were graced by the pictures of the Vollmar ancestors, together with a landscape by a famous master. The old man's attention was attracted to this painting. "What do I see?" he shouted.
The blindfolded crew were helped up the ladder which hung over the side and taken below forward. Then came a sharp order: "All hands below"; and when the deck was deserted, Von Kessner and Vollmar went up the ladder and were met on deck by Oscar Oscarovitch in civilian dress. There was another man beside him in the uniform of a lieutenant.
I have my two strong eyes; and should I lose my whole wealth, it would be as nothing compared to the loss of my sight. "These poor people this blind man, this brave boy know how to find comfort in their sorrow by trusting in God. I will learn from them and trust, too." Just then Mrs. Vollmar entered the garden with her two children, and Mr. Vollmar beckoned them to join him.
Captain Vollmar, in addition to being a brilliant young officer, is also a scion of two of the wealthiest and most aristocratic families in Russia. "It is now fully established that on the evening of the 6th of this month that is to say, nearly three weeks ago the Prince and his two guests returned after a long day in the forest, and that the Prince retired to rest very shortly before supper.
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