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marked, She must have run away,'
But she would appear again suddenly.
With bright eyes and red cheeks. to be
sure; she had gone astray in the wood,
she said, or gone to sleep in the
garden. Sometimes she would shu,
herselI into her dull room, and open
the door to no knocks. Once. as she
pulled her handkerchief quickly out
OF her pocket, a paper of bonbons fell
10 the floor. Anna Maria, who de-
splsed all sweetmeats, confiscated it
at once; | can still see the look of
punishment she gave the blunshine
girl. We were all sitting on the ter
race, Just after supper; Klaus had
been reading about from the news
paper, and this was usually a moment
when Susanna walked from her dream
Ing; her shining eyes were fixed on
hlaus, and rosy CLEAN spread over
the pale face. Klaus held the gooo
old 'Tante Voss,' and read aloud every
little story which alluded to Berlin;
that habit was now quitely introduced.
whereas he had formerly read only
certain political news, that he might
talk about it with Anna Maria.
The falling bonbon package broke
right into a report from the opera
house. where Sontag had sung with
wild APPLAUSE. Klaus let the paper
drop, observed Anna Maria's look and
the gesture with which she laid the
unlucky package beside her, and saw
Susanna's confusion.
Show me the package. Anna
Maria he asked; and unwrapping one
OF the bonbons in colored paper, he
said, All! these are miserable things
indeed; they must taste splendidly!'
He smiled as he said this, and the
smile put Susanna beside herself
Il do not eat them at ALL she
cried, Il only have them for the little
children who come to the fence there
below; they are pleased with them,
l know, for nothing was more beauti-
1ul to me when | was a child than a
bonbon!'
She said this so touchingly and
chlldlshly in spite OF her excitement
that Klaus begged for her hand as il
in atonement
Susanna, you might poison the
village children with this bad stuff. |
Will get some other bonbons for you
that will taste good to you Yourself
Anna Maria rose, apparently in.
different, put the dish of fragrant
strawberries which she had been hull
ing for preserving on the great stone
table, and went slowly down the
steps into the garden. When she
came up again, an hour had passed.
and the moon appeared over the
gabled roof and shone brightly into
her proud face
Where is Susanna? she asked
The child had just gone down to the
garden, and Klaus was smoking a pipe
In peace of mind. She seated herself
quietly in her place and looked out
over the moonlit tree-tops into the
warm summer night. Then she said
suddenly:
May l say something to you.
Klaus?"
Certainly, Anna Maria he re-
piled.
Then do not give Susanna any
bonbons; that is, do not contradict
me SO directly when | have occasion
10 reprove her.
Klaus sat bolt upright in his wood
en- chair. Anna Maria he began. "a
don't think you can complain of nv
having found fault with or revoked
any regulation of yours with regard
TO Fraulein Mattoni although-he
stopped, and knocked the ashes from
his pipe against the fagstones.
Did | do anything with Susanna
which displeased your she asked.
But she got no answer. for lust
then the subject of discussion flew
up the steps, and sat down again
modestly, in her place. Anna Maria
rose, took shawl from her shoulders
and wrapped it about the girl who was
breathing very fast. You are heated
Susanna, you might take cold Klaus
now smoked the faster, and on saying
goodnight held both hands to Anna
Maria; put she placed hers in them
only lightly.
All, yes, the first omens. slight and
scarcely noticeable. Perhaps they
would have escaped my eyes if | had
not had, from the very first, a fore
boding of coming veil do not know
if Susanna received the promised hon
bons. Probably not; and after that
episode everything went on in the
usual course, until there came a day
full of unforeseen events, full of de.
velopments, which placed us all at
once in the most dreadful entangle
ments.
1T was an opressively hot day. Just
In the middle of the harvesting. In
the courtyard and in the house a
veritable deathly stiffness reigned.
aud not even leaf on the trees
stirred under the scorching midday
sun. | sat in one of the deep window.
inches of the great hall which lies Oh
the garden side of the house and
opens out on the terrace. Here it was
enduTable, for the heat could not
easily penetrate the thick walls. and
the tall elms which shaded the terrace.
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