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At first, Andrea said, he and his wife had refused to listen to the reports which reached them. Then, when the talk became too loud, they had sent for Welkenstern, remonstrated with him, implored him to exchange into another regiment; but in vain. The young officer indignantly denied the reports and declared that to leave his post at such a moment would be desertion.
No one could blame the Countess Gemma for not turning her own flesh and blood out of doors; and the social famine to which the officers of the garrison were reduced made it natural that young Welkenstern should press the claims of consanguinity. All this must have reached Roberto's ears; but he made no sign and his wife came and went as she pleased.
How dare you ? "Gemma fell on her knees like a tragedy actress. 'Strike me kill me it is I who am the offender! It was at my house that she met him "'Him? "'Franz Welkenstern my cousin, she wailed. "I suppose I stood before them like a stunned ox, for they repeated the name again and again, as if they were not sure of my having heard it.
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