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Updated: June 6, 2025


"There! did n't I know some one would take it into his head to let the devil fetch him to-night? Go to the door, Zsuzsa, and tell them that I have a pain in my foot that I have just applied a poultice, and can't walk." Frau Zsuzsa, with the kitchen lamp in her hand, waddled into the corridor.

The doctor hastily thrust what was necessary into a bag, locked the money Marie had given him in a drawer, bade Frau Zsuzsa remain awake until he returned, and clambered on Henry's back. In one hand he held his umbrella, in the other the lantern; and thus the little company took their way to the castle the "double man" in advance, the little maid following with her umbrella.

"Please tell the doctor the lady from the Nameless Castle wishes to see him." Frau Zsuzsa placed the lamp on the kitchen table, and left the visitors standing in the middle of the floor. "Well, what were you talking about so long out yonder?" demanded the doctor, when she burst into his study. "Make haste and put on your coat again; the veiled lady from the Nameless Castle is here." "What?

The door was open wide enough to admit a delicate feminine hand, which pressed into the housekeeper's palm a little heap of money. By the light of the lamp Frau Zsuzsa recognized the shining silver coins, and the door was opened its full width. When she saw before her the veiled lady she became quite complaisant. Curiosity is a powerful lever. "I humbly beg your ladyship to enter."

Every member of the household had some task allotted to her. Anka must wrap up the ham in a cloth, Zsuzsa must run and fetch the fresh bread that had been baked for the occasion. Some one else must bring knives and forks. Would they like a little fruit packed in the basket? The foreign lady would be glad of something of the kind. And should she put a small pot of jam in too? "But, my dear Mrs.

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