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Linda, in her dismay, had not even taken the papers which had been offered to her, and Valcarm, as soon as he was sure that the police were upon him, had stuffed them down the receptacle made in the door for the fall of the window. But the fate of Valcarm and of his papers is at the present moment not of so much moment to us as is that of Linda Tressel.
Stobe also had seen the leap out of the boat, and the rush through the river; and when, late on that evening, Peter Steinmarc, sore with the rebuff which he had received from Linda, pottered over to the Ruden Platz, thinking that it would be well that he should be very cunning, that he should have a spy with his eye always open, that he should learn everything that could be learned by one who might watch the red house, and watch Ludovic also, he learned, all of a sudden, by the speech of a moment, that Ludovic Valcarm had, on that Sunday morning, paid his wonderful visit to the island.
It was the fact that Valcarm, after being confined in prison at Augsburg for three days, had been discharged by the city magistrates; and it was the case, also, though the fact was not generally known, that the city magistrates of Augsburg had declared the city magistrates of Nuremberg to be geese.
"Nobody loves me," said Linda. "I love you, and Ludovic loves you." "That is of no use, of none at all. I do not wish to hear his name again. It was not his fault, but he has disgraced me. It was my own fault, and yours." "Linda, he is in the house now." "Who Ludovic?" "Yes; Ludovic Valcarm." "In the house? How did he escape?" "They could do nothing to him. They let him go.
"And what is the young man's name, my dear? It all depends on his name and character, and whether he has means to support a wife." "His name is Ludovic Valcarm," said Linda, whispering the words very low. The old man jumped from his seat with an alacrity that Linda had certainly not expected. "Ludovic Valcarm!" he said; "why, my dear, the man is in prison this moment.
During this time Linda Tressel never spoke to Ludovic Valcarm, nor of him; but she saw him once, standing among the beer-casks opposite to the warehouse. Had she not so seen him, she would have thought that he had vanished altogether out of the city, and that he was to be no more heard of or seen among them.
"Linda," she said, after pausing for a while, "I desire to know from you what Herr Molk has said to you!" Then there was a short period of silence. "Linda, did he sanction your love for Ludovic Valcarm?" "No," said Linda, sullenly. "I should think not, indeed! And, Linda, did he bid you be rebellious in that other matter?"
In that case she would have received no clandestine young man. It could not be imputed to her as a fault, at any rate not imputed by the justice of heaven, that Ludovic Valcarm had jumped out of a boat and got in at the window. She could put herself right, at any rate, before any just tribunal, simply by telling the story truly and immediately. "Aunt Charlotte, Ludovic Valcarm has been here.
But she was already making up her mind to this, that if Peter Steinmarc ill-treated her niece, she would bring all Nuremberg about his ears. "Linda Tressel," he said; and as he spoke, the impetuosity of indignation to which he had worked himself had not as yet subsided, and therefore he was full of courage; "Linda Tressel, I find that that vagabond Ludovic Valcarm has again been here."
When Ludovic attempted to leave the kitchen, Madame Staubach stood in the doorway and called for Tetchen. The servant, who had perched herself on the landing, since Linda had entered the parlour, was down in a moment, and with various winks and little signs endeavoured to induce Valcarm to leave the house.
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