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I thought the ghost of Wildenstein was stretching out his enormous arm towards me! "You were dreaming; don't think about such things in daytime," the mother said kindly. "Have you forgotten your evening prayer after the excitements of the day?" "Yes, I had so much to think about that I forgot it," Kurt admitted. "Say it now, then you will fall asleep more quietly," said the mother.
She refused to return to the castle and sent her instructions to Apollonie, who had married the gardener of Wildenstein, and who now with her husband became caretaker of the castle, Three years afterwards the Baroness died without ever having returned. A short time after that Leonore became Salo's wife, but they were not fated to remain together long.
"It is not very easy to make a trip to Spain, children," said the mother, "and I am sure that it is not necessary to get excited about it." When Kurt, after the belated supper that night, renewed his examination about the single or the double Steward of Castle Wildenstein, their mother announced that bedtime had not only come for the little ones, but for all.
"This is Castle Wildenstein," the boy's companion curtly answered, throwing a searching glance at the young Baron. The latter looked innocently up at the gray towers, remarking that anybody who owned a castle like that would simply be the happiest man in the world. "He knows nothing about the castle of his ancestors and the whole tragic story. So much the better," said Uncle Philip to himself.
You can understand that he won't let himself be teased by us. So when he hasn't come, we can tell everybody what we did. Then they'll see that it is only a superstition and that there is no wandering ghost in Wildenstein. Forward now!" The little crowd set out full of spirits and eagerness for the adventure, for Kurt had clearly shown them that there could be no ghost.
Between them there was a clear view of the terrace, which the moon was now flooding with light; the space before the castle lay peaceful and deserted. "We must sing again," said Kurt. "He didn't hear us. If he doesn't give us an answer this time we'll tell him what we know. Then we'll sing fearfully loud: Hurrah! We have a certain sign, There is no ghost in Wildenstein. "Then we'll start again."
But how could the mother have believed him when he told her that he had seen a figure which could not possibly be human. He really felt like a traitor towards his mother. All people in Nolla believed anew that a ghost of Wildenstein went about, for the apparition had actually been seen. Kurt knew quite well that it was all his fault.
Now they both declared to her that their full intention had been for years to come home after the completion of their studies and to live in Wildenstein with her and Leonore. Bruno was quite beside himself when he found that Salo had apparently no intention to yield to him in the matter, so he challenged his brother to a duel in order to decide which of them was to remain at home.
It will be a great triumph for me to prove to all the school and the village people that there is no restless ghost who wanders around Wildenstein." "No, I shan't see it, because I won't come. Mother does not want us to have anything to do with this story, you know that, Kurt! Oh, here comes Elvira! I must speak to her." With these words Mea suddenly flew down the mountainside.
Only when Kurt lay safely and quietly in bed could he think over what had happened and how cowardly he had acted. After all, his mother had clearly told him that there was no ghost in Wildenstein. Whom then, had he seen in armor and helmet and with a long mantle? It could not have been Mr. Trius, because he was a short, stout person, whereas the apparition was a tree-high figure.
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