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An altercation at this time would be very annoying and painful to the lady, no matter what the result, and I considered it my duty to do everything that was possible to avoid a meeting with Kaldhein. Therefore, as I have said, I shut myself up within the walls of old Wulrick, and gave strict orders to my servants to admit no one. "It was at this time that the strangest events of my life occurred.
I was so accustomed to speak to those I meet in either French or German that I involuntarily said to her,'Bon jour, Mademoiselle. 'You need not speak French, she said; 'I am neither English nor American, but I speak English. Are you the gentleman who lives in Wulrick Castle? If so, we are neighbours, and I wish you would tell me why you live there all the time alone.
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