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Updated: July 31, 2024
"Who would have thought it?" said Ephraim, as, by the side of Itzig, and accompanied by some of the most wealthy Jewish merchants, he took the road to Gotzkowsky's dwelling "who would have thought it? The powerful Russian General von Tottleben is the friend of Gotzkowsky, and the greatest men among our people are now obliged to go to Gotzkowsky's house to implore his influence and protection."
"It was with the consent and by the wish of the king that my father was kind to the captive Russian general." "And was it also by the wish of the king that Gotzkowsky's daughter accepted the homage of the Russian general's adjutant?" A slight shudder ran through Elise's whole frame, and her cheeks became crimson. "Ah," cried Bertram sadly, "I see you understand me.
"It was just for that very reason," replied Bertram, "and because I knew that you would not otherwise help me, that I let you believe it was Gotzkowsky's daughter whom you had captured; otherwise you would never have let me come near Colonel von Brenda. And Mademoiselle Gotzkowsky had expressly directed me to apply to that gentleman, and I did so.
This bold opposition of Elise only excited Gotzkowsky's anger the more, and was to him a fresh proof of her guilt. His rage overpowered him; with raised arm and flashing eye he strode up to Elise, and cried out: "Away from the door, or by Heaven I will forget that I am your father!"
This young man, who sat at Elise's side, was Bertram, Gotzkowsky's head book-keeper. From his earliest youth he had been in the house of the rich manufacturer, who had adopted the poor orphan, and treated him as a tender father would have done, and Bertram loved him with all the affection of a son.
Gotzkowsky's name, too, had been scoffed at, and he had been a benefactor of the people, while Ephraim had been their blood-sucking leech. At last, Gotzkowsky came to a firm determination that he would have revenge yes, revenge on this ungrateful generation which had betrayed and forsaken him revenge on the men who had shown themselves so small and pitiful.
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