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1 VI, II | his superior to Section 1 of Article II. in the laws 2 Pres | grades of society subscribed $100,000. Every county in the country 3 Int | MAURUS JÓKAI.~ ~BUDAPEST, May 11th, 1898.~ ~ ~ ~ 4 VI, II | according to Section 17 of Article III., - preferred 5 III, III | month of August, in the year 1806, one might have seen from 6 VI, II | by the Diet in the year 1808. Said clause required the 7 Pres | employed against Napoleon in 1809; "Captive Ráby," a romance 8 Pres | Maurus Jókay was born in 1825 had no attractions for a 9 Pres | bloodless revolution of 1848, which suddenly transformed 10 Pres | English-speaking people.~ ~In 1896 Hungary celebrated the completion 11 V, I | would give performances à la Bosko and Philadelphia; 12 VI, IV | sister Katinka, I am come a-wooing - as this nosegay on my 13 III, II | flung her arms with childish abandon around his neck.~ ~"We are 14 I, III | little countess had been abandoned half clad in the public 15 X, I | its adventurous march from Abda, around Lake Balaton to 16 II, II | an adventurous hero who abducts women! Nor is he an unfortunate 17 I, I | doubt your skill, or your ability to accomplish the undertaking; 18 VII, I | which are not all the able-bodied men, as only one member 19 IV, II | to appoint an absentium ablegatus to the Diet, and to take 20 III, IV | expert diver, but a natural abnormity that had acted innocently 21 III, III | or a beaver - mayhap an abortion of the Dead Sea, which had 22 Pres | famine and carnage that abound. His Turkish stories have 23 III, III | lake. Suddenly it made an abrupt turn, and began to form 24 V, I | Naturally he found the colonel absent, and left a card for him. 25 VI, II | non-attendance.~ ~Among these absentees from the county meetings 26 IV, II | to do than to appoint an absentium ablegatus to the Diet, and 27 IV, III | metaphysics that of the absolutely good.~ ~He had sufficient 28 I, I | over it, were soon deeply absorbed in examining it, the while 29 VI, II | the Nameless Castle, to abstain from smoking.~ ~But duty 30 Pres | that grows in delightful abundance everywhere, for Dr. Jókai 31 Pres | force working within. The Academy of Arts and Sciences, founded 32 V, II | body rebelled against his accepting this offer. A woman rescue 33 VII, III | will seem as if she fell by accident into the hands of the enemy."~ ~ 34 VI, VI | and hunting are necessary accomplishments; besides, they strengthen 35 III, IV | salutary crisis came of its own accord during the outburst of rage, 36 IV, I | philanthropic project, and he wrote accordingly; but he added that he disapproved 37 II, II | criminal on her forehead. That accounts for the heavy veil she always 38 IX, IV | hoarse voice. "You! you, the accursed destroyer of my daughter! 39 X, III | delirium, have been so many accusations oppressing my heart. These 40 IV, I | become what she has been accused of being - the accomplice 41 VI, VI | killed."~ ~"You will have to accustom yourself to seeing such 42 I, IV | t you suppose his heart aches when he looks upon the death-struggles 43 IV, IV | the chin and lips of an Achilles - all as motionless as if 44 IV, I | that the baroness should acknowledge the munificent gift by a 45 V, III | months.~ ~The pastor, in acknowledging the receipt of the money, 46 VI, I | He had two sources for acquiring information on this subject - 47 X, I | Karako, Papa, Raab, and Acs. The militia troops took 48 IX, II | saw these two men, whose actions seemed suspicious to him; 49 V, II | discordant shriek, upon which the actor sprang with one bound from 50 VII, III | of Themire's schemes, but actual sympathy, if this girl, 51 | actually 52 III, IV | really, I have rheumatismus acutus in my foot, and were I to 53 IX, I | assented Marie.~ ~"As an additional protection, take this little 54 I, II | now," observed the giant, addressing the captive, "you can rest 55 II, I | that. The inhabitants were adherents of Luther - Swabians, mixed 56 I, III | Beethoven's symphony, "Les adieux, l'absence, et le retour." 57 IV, II | new purchase, which lay adjacent to the Nameless Castle.~ ~ 58 III, IV | following quickly, after he had adjusted his cravat in front of the 59 VI, VI | dinner," explained Marie, adjusting the glass - a task of which 60 IV, I | occasions the count would admire the baroness's graceful 61 V, I | obstinate and persistent admirer of the occupant of the Nameless 62 III, IV | she had none. No train of admirers paid court to her. No strains 63 I, III | flower!" cried the child, admiringly. "How I wish I might pluck 64 V, I | Even his enemies would have admitted that his manners were irresistible 65 I, III | help but think that a great ado was being made because a 66 X, II | Countess Themire Dealba, and my adopted daughter, Sophie Botta, 67 IV, IV | Marie?" asked the count, adopting, as usual on this anniversary, 68 VI, III | rights of my sword. I, too, adore my native land - no one 69 X, III | else but love and renounce, adoring her nation even when it 70 III, I | Her clothing was richly adorned with lace and embroidery, 71 I, III | kerchiefs, with priceless lace adorning their gowns and genuine 72 IV, I | honest. Were I to cast her adrift, she might become what she 73 IV, II | Since the new mistress's advent in the neighboring manor 74 III, III | water like the sounds of an Æolian harp.~ ~Many hours were 75 II, II | much as would have been an aëronaut who had just alighted from 76 II, I | baroness, proffering, without affectation of maidenly coyness, the 77 X, II | Wagram.~ ~"Is it not an affecting tableau, madame?" said Count 78 II, I | way your ladyship's name affects me!"~ ~"Then I will tell 79 I, IV | know that we have secret agents all over Europe. And now, 80 III, III | which had survived the ages since the days of Sodom! 81 VIII, I | daughter,~ ~"AMÉLIE (now SOEUÉR AGNES)."~ ~Katharina's nerveless 82 X, III | leader.~ ~"General Guillaume agrees to everything," he announced 83 Int | traditions; the same poetry of agriculture, the same prose of industry; 84 VI, VI | rooms for the night.~ ~"Oh, ah-h," yawned Marie, "I am sleepy, 85 VI, II | clothes I wear ordinarily."~ ~"Aha! - that a certain person 86 I, I | our way by Providence; by aiding her we may accomplish more 87 II, I | shall manage to have some ailment every few days in order 88 IX, III | and fired without taking aim. De Fervlans fell backward 89 IX, I | gun against his cheek, and aiming directly for the stranger' 90 VI, III | You may trust me!" with alacrity responded Herr Bernat. " 91 X, I | to 'Madame la Comtesse de Alba, avec la Princesse Marie.'"~ ~" 92 III, I | a fashion magazine, the "Album des salons," the illustrations 93 Pres | memorials in the form of albums wrought in gold and precious 94 IX, II | which were overgrown with alders and willows. On one of these " 95 X, III | Countess Themire Dealba (alias Baroness Katharina Landsknechtsschild) 96 VI, I | with the methods of the all-powerful one. He learned of the plans 97 II, II | his copy of the Augsburg 'Allgemeine Zeitung.' Moreover, I frequently 98 Pres | desperate fight against the allied armies of Austria and Russia. 99 VII, II | Turkey remained a faithful ally, and the assurance that 100 IV, I | could see her distribute alms among the beggars who were 101 X, III | the stone hand which held aloft the sword in the noble escutcheon, 102 VI, II | himself on the sacrificial altar when his attention was directed 103 X, II | It would be a suitable altar-piece for Notre Dame - and the 104 VI, III | between the two bookcases, and alternately kissed the hem of her gown 105 V, I | There were several skilled amateur jugglers among the merry 106 I, III | merely a fable. What is your ambition? Should you prefer to be 107 VIII, III | became convinced that his ambitious designs had come to naught. 108 IV, IV | long before I got to the 'Amen.' And if by any chance I 109 VI, II | patriotic reasoning, to amend their ways. The sacrifice 110 Int | many common traits between America and Hungary in the great 111 VII, III | quite bewitched with the amiability of the maid who has been 112 IX, I | observed Jocrisse, "and no amount of money would induce one 113 Pres | in his relative Munkácsy amounted to genius, he felt most 114 IX, II | surprising, as if this host of amphibia had leagued against the 115 IX, II | better had the guard shot the amphibious dwarf. Hardly had De Fervlans 116 III, IV | s countenance. Her sole amusement, her greatest happiness, 117 I, III | celebrated professor of anatomy; perhaps he may be able 118 X, II | The Samaritan.'"~ ~"Ancient or modern?" queried the 119 IX, II | the neighborhood of St. Andras this slimy ooze was noticeable 120 III, IV | doctor's grasp, and cried angrily:~ ~"But I don't need a doctor, 121 VI, VI | The two men were talking animatedly; but even while they were 122 VIII, III | seek him!" she cried, with animation in every feature.~ ~"Then 123 VI, III | rides yonder, his horse ankle-deep in the blood of his countrymen, 124 IV, IV | adopting, as usual on this anniversary, the familiar "thou."~ ~" 125 VII, I | have; but the escapement announces that arms of the latest 126 VII, I | have to fight side by side annoyed me. Now, however, we shall 127 IX, I | want again? Why do you keep annoying me, you little torment!"~ ~" 128 Pres | was not effected without antagonizing the old aristocracy, all 129 I, I | guest. They entered a dingy anteroom, which led, through heavily 130 V, II | began to understand that his antics amused the audience, and 131 VII, I | one. Our people have an antipathy to everything foreign - 132 I, I | through heavily curved antique sliding-doors, into a vaulted 133 VI, III | unfortunate Queen, Marie Antoinette, who looked just like that 134 IX, I | they will not betray you. Anyway, you can't stop here with 135 III, IV | delightfully warm weather drew on apace. In Hungary the long autumn 136 I, I | peered through the tiny aperture. Suddenly footsteps came 137 VI, III | destroy the Leviathan of the Apocalypse?"~ ~The vice-palatine gazed 138 VI, III | to the appearance of the apocalyptic destroying angel.~ ~Ludwig 139 VIII, I | knock at the door, and an apologetic voice said:~ ~"A strange 140 V, II | lady laughed, then said apologetically: "Pardon me, but the idea 141 IX, I | Excuse me, Lisette," humbly apologized the lad, "but our young 142 VI, I | believe he has had a stroke of apoplexy."~ ~She said it with as 143 II, II | college last year, per pedes apostolorum, for my money had given 144 II, II | visitor; the lady never appears; and no one has yet had 145 IV, I | Laczi being only a thief's appellation. As nothing could be proved 146 IV, I | the stipulation which you append to your generous gift surprises 147 II, I | served as a stimulant to the appetite - appetitorium, they called 148 II, I | stimulant to the appetite - appetitorium, they called it.~ ~Three 149 VI, IV | Ludwig."~ ~"That is better!" applauded Marie, hurrying her "little 150 Pres | of the Turkish wars. His apples, pears, and roses win prizes 151 VI, IV | were the proper terms to apply to marauding rascals.~ ~ 152 IV, II | nothing further to do than to appoint an absentium ablegatus to 153 V, II | dictate the letter to Marie appointing a meeting with the baroness. 154 I, III | may, you shall receive the appointment to-morrow."~ ~"Thank you 155 Pres | class, who could little appreciate the beneficent reforms. 156 II, II | repast - an art which was not appreciated by her right-hand neighbor, 157 I, I | had served a three years' apprenticeship as shoemaker under Master 158 I, I | two trusty friends been apprised?"~ ~"Yes; they await me 159 IX, III | already at Eszterhaza, and apprized him at once of De Fervlans' 160 Int | to win appreciation and approval for my works from the reading 161 VI, VI | one by one on her snowy apron. She looked intently at 162 IX, II | losing his life among the aquatic growths. There was now no 163 VIII, III | first; then that of the arch-plotter. Again, he would change 164 IV, II | of national customs, in archaeological study, in travels. He therefore 165 III, I | younger child. With her arched brow and rainbow-formed 166 IV, III | relating the wonders of Mount Aristarchus. Marie could not keep from 167 Pres | without antagonizing the old aristocracy, all of whose cherished 168 IV, I | sociability which reigned in those aristocratic circles.~ ~Count Vavel himself 169 X, I | before him. Noah in his ark had not looked more longingly 170 IX, III | encounter. A masterly conflict arouses admiration even in an enemy; 171 VII, III | with our fugitive without arousing his suspicions. An opportunity 172 X, III | was seated at the piano, arrayed in her favorite blue gown. 173 I, IV | not got enough police to arrest the fugitives, who must 174 VIII, III | recognized from the silver arrow they wear in their ears. 175 X, II | Oh mon Dieu, ne tuez pas Arthur!"~ ~Ludwig Vavel turned 176 X, II | the work of a celebrated artist?"~ ~"No; it is the work 177 Pres | and paintings sent by the artists of Hungary as a jubilee 178 Pres | working within. The Academy of Arts and Sciences, founded by 179 VIII, III | French engineer made an ascent to the clouds, to reconnoiter 180 Int | much Europe as a modern Asia. My novels centre round 181 I, IV | inquired, with a touch of asperity. "Have you not got enough 182 IV, III | but looked calmly at his assailant, and said: "The Herr Count 183 II, II | these views. The clerk was assailed on all sides - very much 184 III, IV | frightened Marie was not an assassin hired by her enemies, not 185 I, IV | therefore, looked like an assemblage of Lilliputian merveilleuses 186 VI, III | the Hungarian people to assert their independence and choose 187 VI, I | lawyer, on the other hand, asserted that the existing system 188 X, I | with his Volons had been assigned to Mesko's brigade, and 189 IV, III | lance, while the face of the assisting lady became deathly pale. 190 IV, III | her innocent?"~ ~"I can assure you that she knew nothing 191 VI, V | frightened," returned Ludwig, assuringly; "it is only a passing illness, 192 II, I | well as the dining-room, astonishing the cooks with her knowledge 193 II, III | vice-palatine this was the most astounding of all the strange things 194 IV, III | went into the house. The astronomer on the castle tower observed 195 IV, III | favorable impression on him. In astronomy she had taken the place 196 II, III | man makes who would tear asunder an adversary. At the same 197 IV, III | sinew. Count Vavel was an athletic man, strong and powerful; 198 VI, II | Then there is not an atom of truth in the reports 199 VIII, I | You must save the maid. If atonement is possible for you, that 200 VII, II | undertaking. When I shall have attained my object, I shall be just 201 VI, II | announced his projected official attendance upon the Herr Count on the 202 VI, II | their ways. The sacrifice attendant upon the performance of 203 Pres | One devoted man-servant attends to Dr. Jókai's simple wants 204 IV, I | overwhelmed with hospitable attentions the first year of his occupancy 205 II, II | the dinner-table, she was attired simply, yet with a certain 206 Pres | college; nor did he feel any attraction for the prosaic practice 207 Pres | was born in 1825 had no attractions for a strongly intellectual 208 VII, III | found a lovely woman more attractive than all the planets in 209 VI, II | conspicuous by their absence. I attributed this failure to appear at 210 I, III | capture them, sooner or later. Au revoir!"~ ~That same night 211 I, III | the Revolution and sold at auction - or, rather, had been disposed 212 II, I | something to say about it, audibly and to themselves, and some 213 VII, II | open to the enemy; and to augment the peril which threatened 214 II, II | morning his copy of the Augsburg 'Allgemeine Zeitung.' Moreover, 215 X, III | Was kleinliche Bosheit ausgedacht,~ Hat unserer Liebe ein 216 Pres | when the horrors of an Austrian-Russian invasion were added to the 217 VIII, III | messages - observations of the Austrians' movements. I saw the bridge, 218 II, II | According to the first 'authentic' declaration, the nameless 219 Pres | studded with jewels, with autograph letters from the kings and 220 X, I | Madame la Comtesse de Alba, avec la Princesse Marie.'"~ ~" 221 VI, I | Afterward he was heard to aver that not for the whole castle 222 II, II | say the least - one who avoids all contact with his fellow-men."~ ~" 223 VI, I | gazing with compassionate awe on the distorted countenance. 224 Pres | beneficent reforms. Into the awful civil war that followed, 225 V, II | company with Count Vavel is~ ~"B. KATHARINA LANDSKNECHTSSCHILD."~ ~ 226 IX, III | a volley into the black backs of the Volons, when a rattling 227 Pres | name to Jókai, y being a badge of nobility hateful to disciples 228 X, II | been swallowed up by the Bakonye forest, for nothing was 229 X, I | march from Abda, around Lake Balaton to Veszprim. Here he found 230 VII, II | saluted the ladies on their balconies, his spirited horse would 231 VIII, III | he announced. "I saw the balloon in which a French engineer 232 IV, II | open, he said to Marie, one balmy, sunshiny afternoon: "Come, 233 IX, IV | carefully she renewed the bandages on the horrible wounds!~ ~ 234 I, IV | beautiful women who were banded together to learn the secrets 235 IX, II | morass toward the village of Banfalva, hoping thus to gain the 236 VI, I | heart, and who, even in her banishment, adored her native land 237 III, IV | found a hundred-guilder bank-note, but not a single written 238 I, I | sufficient sum from a certain banking-house which will supply all your 239 VI, II | their epaulets under the baptismal fires of battle! Again, 240 IX, II | Mire first, then flames, bar our way. Quis quid peccat, 241 II, II | is afraid when the dogs bark.' 'Complainant loves birds.' ' 242 II, I | speaking it, as did the valiant Barkocz. When our glorious Queen 243 II, I | stout trestle, rested a barrel of wine. In front of the 244 IV, III | that I was guilty of such baseness because I am Satan Laczi; 245 II, II | clerk, however, was too bashful to leave his place, whereupon 246 III, I | maid fetched a porcelain basin, and with a sponge washed 247 III, III | enveloped the maid in her bath-mantle, and took up his oars.~ ~" 248 III, III | night-swallows, and the bats skimming along the surface 249 IV, IV | should have commanded: 'Half battalion - half left! Up the trees - 250 X, III | Vavel had already seen battered walls, and dwellings ruined 251 IV, IV | A true hero - a hero who battled with the most powerful demons 252 I, I | creaking in the wind, and, battling with the darkness, shed 253 IX, IV | troop alighted and held at bay their pursuers, while the 254 IX, I | flatboats drawn up on the beach. These were pushed into 255 IX, IV | foot the narrow lengthwise beam to the opposite shore - 256 VI, IV | Katharina's countenance beamed with a magical charm - the 257 II, III | short mustache and pointed beard, which where a shade lighter 258 II, III | tall man, with knightly bearing, expressive face, a high, 259 X, III | two Frenchmen with their bearskin caps are not on guard to-day. 260 III, III | otter, most likely, or a beaver - mayhap an abortion of 261 IX, III | surrounded by the enemy. He beckoned to his trumpeter, to whom 262 VII, III | hands, I shall thank her becomingly. If, however, she fails 263 IV, III | observatory than he did in his bedchamber, where an entire arsenal 264 Pres | are lined with them; gay beds of poppies and other familiar 265 II, I | forth from the shade of the beech and ranged themselves underneath 266 I, III | recognized a favorite air - Beethoven's symphony, "Les adieux, 267 | beforehand 268 VII, II | uncertain manner of a new beginner, Miska's martial song. Ludwig 269 III, II | either?"~ ~"How canst thou behave so, Marie? Thou art fifteen 270 III, III | terror, like a child that has behaved naughtily.~ ~When the boat 271 V, III | that hour, however, Marie's behavior toward him was changed. 272 VI, I | master and his family, to behead them afterward, I clothed 273 VI, III | made no move to obey the behest to "help himself," whereupon 274 I, I | this evening, however, two belated citizens came from somewhere, 275 VI, II | haughtily rejoined Count Vavel, believing that his visitor was inclined 276 X, I | operation: by pulling the bell-wire in the Herr Count's study 277 II, I | might be ready to ring the bells the moment she came in sight. 278 IX, I | Italy thus far through the belt-line, and had been intrusted 279 II, I | the chicken-pox, she was bemoaning the disfiguring scars left 280 II, I | was seated on the middle bench, drawing through the stem 281 II, I | called it.~ ~Three wooden benches, joined together in a half-circle, 282 VI, I | could not do otherwise than bend his knee upon the chair 283 I, III | kissing the hands of her benefactor. Then the old gentleman 284 Pres | could little appreciate the beneficent reforms. Into the awful 285 V, III | out in a carriage does not benefit me."~ ~"When did you discover 286 III, IV | s visit had, after all, benefited the invalid. The spontaneous 287 II, I | was the performance of the beneventatio; and although he had committed 288 VI, I | immeasurable greatness of His benevolence, His love, His mercy, you 289 VI, III | and purity, a glance so benevolent - all the virtues God bestows 290 III, III | taken. Terror and rage had benumbed Ludwig's nerves.~ ~What 291 VI, I | Henry. Impossible!"~ ~"I beseech you - in the name of God - 292 III, IV | despair to her lips, but the beseeching expression on her face was 293 X, II | clasped pleadingly, mutely besought the youthful officer to 294 VI, IV | ejaculated:~ ~"Darvalia!" "Beste karaffia!" - which, doubtless, 295 IX, I | that is the case, we must bestir ourselves. But women are 296 V, III | not permitted to him to bestow his heart on any one. Did 297 VI, III | benevolent - all the virtues God bestows upon his favorites? Is not 298 I, II | charge; then, instead of betaking himself to his wife or to 299 V, II | write.~ ~At last Count Vavel bethought him of an expedient. He 300 IV, II | excellent housewife. She rose betimes mornings, sent her workmen 301 IV, III | and pull off my hat to my betters. When the little lad came 302 II, I | On a sort of platform, a bevy of rosy-cheeked maids were 303 IX, III | ex-robbers rushed upon the bewildered demons, who had at last 304 VI, III | Ludwig?" she stammered, in bewilderment. "I don't understand you."~ ~ 305 VII, III | me that Themire is quite bewitched with the amiability of the 306 X, III | suffered as any woman in the Bible suffered. You have taken 307 IX, II | miracle, like the one of the biblical legend, when the Red Sea 308 I, III | cut off, and send it to M. Bichet, the celebrated professor 309 III, IV | water; it was as if she were bidding an eternal, farewell to 310 II, III | gentlemen's arrival, and bids them welcome."~ ~This certainly 311 IX, I | when he lay dead on his bier.~ ~She shuddered, and retreated 312 II, I | gypsy band began to play Biharis's "Vierzigmann Marsch"; 313 I, I | bit of pasty or a small biscuit?"~ ~At mention of these 314 I, III | the left-over punch and biscuits.~ ~"There! that was a good 315 IV, III | Ludwig, take care; she will bite!"~ ~ ~ ~Count Vavel could 316 Pres | had himself drained the bitterest dregs of war.~ ~While Kossuth 317 X, III | and it seemed as if the black-robed forms bore the coffin to 318 IV, III | litter of pigs, I was always blamed for the mishap, and sent 319 Pres | the other three.~ ~NELTJE BLANCHAN.~ ~NEW YORK, JUNE, 1898.~ ~ ~ ~ 320 I, II | winding street - the Rue des Blancs Manteaux.~ ~When the coach 321 I, I | fanned the fire into a fresh blaze.~ ~"It is high time," was 322 VIII, III | Katharina's face suddenly blazed with eager excitement. She 323 IV, III | restore her; she needs to be bled."~ ~"But good heavens! What 324 IV, I | child grow to womanhood, blessed with all the magic charms 325 V, II | begged Ludwig to close the blinds and to read to her in a 326 VIII, I | worked hard to earn the blood-money."~ ~Here the baroness sat 327 VII, III | before him were swimming in a blood-red mist.~ ~"And now," the letter 328 IX, IV | was lying on his back, his bloodstained face upturned toward the 329 I, I | in three or four years a blooming maiden - what then? Already 330 I, III | and she kissed the snowy blossom rapturously.~ ~The old gentleman 331 IV, III | extinct craters; the dark blotches, seas. At that time scientists 332 I, II | moment a man wearing a coarse blouse, with his cap drawn over 333 II, I | Scythians; "only, I am likely to blunder when speaking it, as did 334 V, II | greater - to be willing to blush with shame while innocent. 335 VI, III | toward the confused and blushing girl. "Is there anywhere 336 IX, I | over this region after wild boars and turkeys, and never had 337 Pres | the latter days.~ ~Hungary boasts four great men: Liszt, Munkácsy, 338 II, II | works of Wieland, Kleist, Börne, Lessing, Locke, Schleiermacher. 339 VII, III | brave hermit showed a very bold front, and we were on the 340 IV, III | a vulture - nothing but bone and sinew. Count Vavel was 341 II, II | obliged to give a handsome bonus to the lessee. Shall you 342 VI, VI | furniture - the canopy-bed, the book-shelves, toys, card-table, everything. 343 III, I | colors. There was also a bookcase; on the shelves were volumes 344 III, IV | compliments of the author." The booklet was written in Latin, and 345 IV, IV | comes in contact! Fire! Boom! Heads off!"~ ~The count 346 Pres | among other inestimable boons, the freedom of a censored, 347 VIII, I | never get weary or feel bored? Have you anything to amuse 348 X, III | clouds:~ ~"Was kleinliche Bosheit ausgedacht,~ Hat unserer 349 V, I | would give performances à la Bosko and Philadelphia; and others 350 VI, VI | thank God! - so that never bothers me. I don't like to knit; 351 IV, III | from it a straw-covered bottle and a goblet. "Here," - 352 II, I | reception. An arch of green boughs - at the top of which gleamed 353 III, I | breakfast over, the guests bow-wowed and miaued their thanks, 354 V, II | smoke and fire from the bowl like a miniature volcano. 355 III, IV | fishing for sturgeon. The boy-fish had been taken to the manor, 356 V, II | or I will blow out your brains!"~ ~The two officers accompanying 357 II, II | justice, in Germany, and was branded as a criminal on her forehead. 358 II, II | high, with no sign of the branding-iron. Her mouth is small and 359 IV, III | wishes and this delicious brandy."~ ~The robber placed the 360 III, I | take their places at the breakfast-table - the four cats opposite 361 X, II | cuirassiers, whose polished breastplates glittered in the sunlight 362 III, III | chattered, and she gasped for breath, unable to speak; only her 363 I, I | The long-drawn, regular breathing convinced him. Then he took 364 IV, III | he found the door open.~ ~Breathless with fear, the count sprang 365 IV, IV | cannon welded together at the breech, with their muzzles ten 366 IX, III | Fervlans's arrival at the bridge-inn. The Volons had not yet 367 IX, I | to rise, and overflow the bridges crossing it. I shall doubtless 368 VII, II | with halters in lieu of bridles!~ ~Under such circumstances 369 X, II | exclaimed irately. "It is brigandage, to waylay and take as prisoners 370 IX, I | Avanti, avanti, Signori briganti! Cavalieri ladroni, avanti!" (" 371 VI, IV | lady's countenance did not brighten as she replied:~ ~"Yes, 372 IV, IV | young girl, but with no brightening of the melancholy features. " 373 X, III | her weakness. She smiled brightly at Ludwig and Katharina, 374 IX, I | burning with a startling brightness. His parched lips were half-open, 375 V, I | unused wing of the manor were brilliantly illuminated. Evidently the 376 IX, I | I wonder what news he brings."~ ~He was very soon enlightened.~ ~" 377 X, III | applied his spurs and cantered briskly toward the house, but moderated 378 VIII, I | Nameless Castle, Katharina, broken-hearted and filled with anguish, 379 IV, IV | they had been molded in bronze. A true hero - a hero who 380 V, III | with the washerwomen at the brook. If Sophie and I exchanged 381 VI, VI | to now, I have taken the broomstick every evening, before going 382 IX, III | robber-wit called: "Surrender, brother-rascal!"~ ~De Fervlans raised himself 383 II, I | but when I enter into a 'brotherhood' of that sort, I always 384 I, III | M. Cambray, in his plain brown coat buttoned to the chin, 385 VI, I | covered with scratches and bruises.~ ~One morning the count 386 I, III | attract his attention, a brunette beauty claimed it on his 387 Pres | at the Peace Congress at Brussels two years ago felt through 388 VI, V | personified; and the vice-palatine bubbled over with anecdotes. When 389 V, II | stable, saddle his horse, and buckle on his sword. But those 390 I, III | with black gloves and dull buckle-shoes, appeared in the doorway 391 Pres | the hills that rise beyond Buda, across the Danube and overlooking 392 III, IV | a lion does the captured buffalo, Marie stepped suddenly 393 IV, III | infernal machines, and how to build fortifications."~ ~"Very 394 IV, II | in transplanting tulip bulbs, she would so soil her pretty 395 I, I | England is not safe. The bullets of Dillingen can reach to 396 VI, V | open to every notorious bully in the county. You gentlemen 397 II, III | from the water by a strong bulwark composed of fascines, and 398 IX, I | wife brought a nice warm bunda to wrap you in; it is in 399 VI, VI | all sorts and shapes of burdens on their heads or in their 400 IV, III | from the outside.~ ~"Any burglar can open a door from the 401 I, III | who has been arrested for burglary."~ ~The marquis laughed.~ ~" 402 IX, IV | came upon a large wild-rose bush covered with bloom. Close 403 II, II | picking hazelnuts from the bushes in the park of the Nameless 404 V, III | promenaded in the garden. He was busily engaged raking together 405 VII, II | there was a confusion and a bustling to conceal what he was not 406 I, III | in his plain brown coat buttoned to the chin, with black 407 VI, III | fastened them in Herr Bernat's buttonhole.~ ~Hereupon the gallant 408 IX, II | thickets and over rough byways, which was very tedious 409 I, III | the street in quest of a cab to take them to the Palace 410 VI, III | tiger imprisoned in his cage at the Nameless Castle - 411 III, II | ate of the dainty little cakes which some one placed on 412 V, III | The surveyor, in order to calculate the distances which cannot 413 VII, II | presentation were certainly not calculated to whispers of happy love, 414 V, III | outlet. Our surveyor made a calculation as to the probable cost 415 X, I | had made a mistake in his calculations. Katharina and Marie were 416 IV, III | decide.~ ~The astronomical calendar had announced a total eclipse 417 IV, I | not leave her room when a caller came; it may have been that 418 IV, III | Ludwig said, with pedagogic calmness:~ ~"If you continue to gaze 419 III, III | I will make you a cup of camomile tea."~ ~All children have 420 IX, II | attracted by the light of our camp-fire."~ ~Perhaps it would have 421 III, I | the shade of the trees. A campanula had just opened its blue 422 X, III | deputations from the militia camps, to assist in establishing 423 II, I | little chickens, calling them canaries - a mistake the mother hen 424 VI, IV | mixture of embarrassment and candor, said:~ ~"Yes, I am."~ ~ 425 X, III | replied madame. "Messieurs les Cannibales are very polite, and leur 426 VI, I | homeless wanderers. This "cannon-fodder" would go into battle without 427 VII, II | over against the horizon of cannonading. Count Ludwig had so many 428 X, III | clanking swords, the thunder of cannons - all these were not. We 429 V, I | being forewarned by the canonical laws of the church, which 430 V, II | decorated with crane-feathers, a canteen at his side, and a knapsack 431 X, III | Vavel applied his spurs and cantered briskly toward the house, 432 II, I | superintendence of the village cantor, whose intention it was 433 X, III | CHAPTER III~ ~Monsieur le Capitaine Descourcelles rode an excellent 434 III, IV | be collected from such a capitol! Dr. Tromfszky already had 435 IV, I | Count Vavel was forced to capitulate. The baroness's action - 436 X, I | became of them when the city capitulated?"~ ~"All in good time, Herr 437 III, III | Neusiedl Lake is a very capricious body of water. During the 438 Pres | and mastery of style that captivated the people, whose idol he 439 X, II | heaped reproaches on her captor.~ ~"This is a violation 440 I, III | screaming cockatoo, and a capuchin monkey that grimaced a welcome. 441 IV, I | little ones would be better cared for, and much happier, were 442 Pres | of indecision as to what career he was best fitted to follow. 443 Pres | was then seventeen, for careers began early in olden times. 444 VI, I | only one who had shared his cares and his confidences. He 445 I, III | and still others had drawn caricatures of those who had been the 446 Pres | the scenes of famine and carnage that abound. His Turkish 447 VII, II | from the north, from the Carpathians; and Russia at the same 448 IV, III | how to make it. He is a carpenter, locksmith, and clock-maker, 449 X, II | meadows, formed a rich, carpet on either side of the road.~ ~ 450 II, III | leaving dusty marks on the carpets."~ ~"This is exactly like 451 V, II | war-horse had become used to the carriage-pole, and the keen Toledo blades 452 V, I | shorter way than by the carriage-road around the shore.~ ~The 453 VI, IV | returning to the castle in two carriages!" persisted the maid. "Come 454 VI, III | entire equipment, to the last cartridge, is ready here."~ ~He conducted 455 VII, II | without flints, without cartridges, without saddles, with halters 456 X, III | would it have been well to carve on the marble her true life-history, 457 Pres | there are cases containing carvings, embroidery, lace, and natural-history 458 II, III | possessions in exchange for solid cash. If you buy such an estate 459 III, III | beautiful lake!" sighed Marie, casting backward a sorrowful glance 460 IV, III | hair fell like a golden cataract to the floor. Modest blushes 461 VII, II | the square in front of the Cathedral of St. Stephen. From the 462 X, III | are very polite, and leur Catzique plays an excellent hand 463 III, I | French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, 464 IV, III | lounge in her room, he had cautioned her to lock the door before 465 X, III | street he alighted, and cautioning Matyas to exercise slowly 466 IX, I | avanti, Signori briganti! Cavalieri ladroni, avanti!" ("Forward, 467 V, I | convinced that enough gallant cavalrymen were over yonder to entertain 468 VII, II | He who had neglected to celebrate his nuptials yesterday would 469 V, II | newspapers - it was a cause célèbre. He was a major in the French 470 VII, III | the park gate nearest the cemetery, and must drive with the 471 Pres | boons, the freedom of a censored, degraded press. And yet 472 Int | a modern Asia. My novels centre round those peculiar figures 473 II, I | of maidenly coyness, the ceremonial kiss, and cordially shaking 474 VII, II | and added: "These are the certificate of baptism, the last lines 475 VI, I | go free. I counterfeited certificates of baptism, registers, passports, 476 I, III | opened with loud clanking of chains and bolts, and a tall man 477 IV, I | companion over the ice in a chair-sledge.~ ~On these occasions the 478 III, I | scattered about on tables and chairs.~ ~The guests were all assembled; 479 II, III | remove the luggage from the chaise and carry it into the vestibule - 480 IV, I | my action."~ ~This was a challenge that could not be ignored. 481 IX, II | exclaimed the marquis.~ ~"When I challenged the creature he stood up 482 II, III | shoot some one. The count challenges to a duel every one who 483 V, I | clambering after the fleet-footed chamois, following the larger game 484 X, II | moment when the young French champion's sword flew from his hand, 485 I, I | buried in quick-lime in the Chapel of St. Margarethe."~ ~"They 486 III, I | her face certain family characteristics which many persons would 487 VIII, I | had acted the part of the charitable lady of the manor.~ ~And 488 IV, I | general subscription from the charitably inclined.~ ~The count promptly 489 IV, I | gracefully worded appeal for charity. The new owner of Fertőszeg 490 VIII, III | after midnight. The pole of "Charles's Wain" in the heavens stood 491 X, III | pretended Princess Marie Charlotte Capet), with attendants, 492 VI, IV | countenance beamed with a magical charm - the result of the union 493 III, IV | the wick having become so charred it scarcely gave any light. 494 VII, II | on his heels.~ ~General Chasteler had become alarmed at Napoleon' 495 III, III | trembled violently; her teeth chattered, and she gasped for breath, 496 VI, VI | them, trotting after you, chattering and laughing, clasping her 497 III, II | me - and thou canst not cheat me, either!"~ ~"Whatever 498 III, II | but always in a way that cheated me. Children are always 499 VIII, I | satiated with my life - lying, cheating, deceiving every day in 500 VII, I | Vavel.~ ~"A more disastrous check, however, was the decision 501 VI, I | bedside? The sight of you will cheer his last moments."~ ~"Yes, 502 VI, IV | and his comrades, who will cheerfully exchange their nefarious 503 IV, II | the same, the childlike cheerfulness faded more and more from 504 VII, II | arms, sobbing, while hearty cheers rose from the Volons:~ ~" 505 VI, III | Herr Count," he began in a cheery tone, "I come like the gypsy 506 III, IV | to remove the remnants of cheese from the supper-table. " 507 VI, VI | son, and how he called me chère maman, and I called him 508 VI, III | hands are white, while yet I cherish toward my nation nothing 509 X, II | gardens of Börcs, where the cherry-trees, heavily laden with fruit, 510 II, I | Theresa recovered from the chicken-pox, she was bemoaning the disfiguring 511 II, I | caught two or three little chickens, calling them canaries - 512 III, II | Ludwig took the shrewd little child-head between his hands, and said 513 III, III | here and there the top of a chimney indicated where a steam-mill 514 III, I | long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and 515 III, II | again, she had on a gorgeous Chinese-silk wrapper, covered all over 516 III, I | in her delicate hair-line chirography.~ ~When Ludwig and Marie 517 IV, III | lance."~ ~"I brought my chirurgic instruments with me."~ ~" 518 Pres | While he never was that, his chisel and brushes have remained 519 III, I | sparkling dark eyes, delicately chiseled nostrils, and rounded chin 520 IX, I | Messieurs Highwaymen! My chivalrous footpads, forward!")~ ~A 521 I, III | trouble to bring me any chocolate." With these words, the 522 X, III | making a sound like a distant choral.~ ~On the shore of Lake 523 III, II | shining sky, and about in chorus with the fish-hawks, surrounded 524 X, II | back to the first years of Christianity, madame. The execution is 525 II, II | for her. But that they are Christians, one may know from their 526 X, II | redoubt, where you see the church-steeple. Adieu."~ ~The younger lady, 527 IV, III | I confess I have robbed churches; but the house which has 528 IX, II | nothing better than sour cider, mead, and wild ducks' eggs. 529 I, I | turn when he came to the circle of light cast on the snowy 530 X, III | entrance along a rather circuitous route among the tan-vats.~ ~ 531 VI, I | sympathizers. Within this circumscribed space, and amid a lively 532 V, I | once they even got up a circus, in which all look part.~ ~ 533 VII, III | me in one of the border cities, say Friedberg, where the 534 X, III | came from a distance to claim the sum of money Vavel had 535 X, III | s heirs. But none of the claimants could produce satisfactory 536 I, III | attention, a brunette beauty claimed it on his left - both women 537 III, III | swim back to the canoe, clamber into it, and spread her 538 III, IV | awake until he returned, and clambered on Henry's back. In one 539 V, I | whole days on the mountains, clambering after the fleet-footed chamois, 540 IX, II | flocks of water-fowl, with clamorous cries and rustling wings, 541 IV, II | expected to see the little maid clap her hands with delight, 542 I, III | the little maid suddenly clapped her hands and cried joyfully:~ ~" 543 V, I | listen half the night to clarionet, horn, and piccolo, and 544 IV, III | straight into my eyes; now she clasps her hands as if she were 545 IV, III | the place of the moon, in classic literature that of an ideal, 546 IV, IV | book, the broad brow, the classical nose, the chin and lips 547 V, II | curtain, wooden sword and gun clattering after him, while the audience 548 VI, II | Diet in the year 1808. Said clause required the vice-palatine 549 IV, III | filled with wax. Have them cleaned, or you will not be able 550 IX, III | time the trumpet had been cleansed, but no orders were received 551 III, III | her whereabouts through a clear-toned "Ho, ho!"~ ~During this 552 III, I | answer to the little maid's clear-voiced "Come in!" a gentleman in 553 II, III | fleeing like a coward, but was clearing his way by force.~ ~When 554 III, II | night I dream that I am cleaving through the waves. I never 555 III, II | related to Marie the story of Clelia and her companions, who 556 V, II | Barthelmy."~ ~Count Vavel clenched his hands and closed his 557 X, II | No; it is the work of our clerical host."~ ~The lady shook 558 VIII, I | praises heaped upon me for my cleverness. But a day came when everything 559 VI, III | had shaken hands with his client, the worthy emissary remembered 560 Pres | paradise. Quantities of roses climb over the unpretentious house, 561 VI, III | study, and ostentatiously clinked the sword in its sheath 562 IV, III | carpenter, locksmith, and clock-maker, all in one person."~ ~The 563 VII, I | Fortunately, there is a clock-repairer who, so soon as he perceived 564 V, II | outer garment - merely his close-fitting uniform coal.~ ~"That is 565 V, II | Adieu!"~ ~She drew her veil closer over her face, and passed 566 VII, I | advanced the price of all cloths to such an exorbitant figure 567 X, III | lightning illumined the cloud-curtain, then would be heard the 568 X, III | passed the moon rose in a cloudless sky. Only the waves, which 569 VI, I | plans of the Philadelphia Club, which counted among its 570 I, III | circumstances give one a clue," retorted De Fervlans. " 571 IX, IV | his head; his left hand clutched the rushes among which he 572 | Co 573 VI, I | approaching shadows of the coalition.~ ~All this he heard there 574 IX, III | step. In vain she urged and coaxed. At last she sprang from 575 II, III | glistened. There were no cobwebs to be seen in the corners; 576 I, III | boudoir; only a screaming cockatoo, and a capuchin monkey that 577 IV, III | Marie's room, his musket cocked, ready for action.~ ~"Did 578 X, II | Frenchmen in blue mantles, with cocks' feathers in their helmets, 579 VII, III | little too tightly by the collar, because he resisted so 580 I, II | the mantle with its seven collars, and the resemblance was 581 I, III | proffered his snuff-box to his colleague, who, smothering with laughter, 582 I, IV | class of spies - those who collect every ill-natured word, 583 III, I | ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like 584 IV, IV | fitted between the two marble columns which supported the arch 585 II, I | held in place by a curved comb. The young men had thrust 586 X, II | We do not belong to the combatants."~ ~"I will tell this brave 587 VI, I | But Henry refused to be comforted; his eyes burned with the 588 I, IV | would you? Is there not a comforting word due to the conscience 589 VI, II | is the more powerful no commander-in-chief finds out until he has been 590 IX, I | That's my brave lad," commented the stranger. "But don't 591 III, I | papers, and dictated his comments and criticisms on certain 592 VII, III | which our fair emissary was commissioned to find is in her possession. 593 II, I | laughing heartily, "I could n't commit all that to memory in three 594 IV, I | was a spectator of the community's disputes as well as its 595 X, III | have been welcome, indeed, compared to the other one. To listen 596 V, II | no, baroness; there is no comparison between my venture and this 597 VI, I | Marie to Ludwig, gazing with compassionate awe on the distorted countenance. 598 I, I | clad.~ ~"You poor child!" compassionately ejaculated the young man; 599 Pres | United States, and many other compatriots escaped to Turkey and beyond, 600 V, II | Should you do so, it will compel me to flee from the neighborhood. 601 VII, III | But I have the means of compelling Themire to keep her promise. 602 Pres | to excel" will "more than compensate for the want of method," 603 VII, I | returned Herr Bernat, complacently puffing away at his pipe. " 604 III, IV | veiled lady she became quite complaisant. Curiosity is a powerful 605 Pres | 1896 Hungary celebrated the completion of his fifty years of literary 606 III, IV | proudly written, "With the compliments of the author." The booklet 607 X, I | that all in good time," composedly replied Matyas, who was 608 VI, II | mistake; it is the music, the composition, that is so horrible. I 609 VI, II | to you with the Sigillum compulsorium. I tell you, Herr Count, 610 X, I | and it was to 'Madame la Comtesse de Alba, avec la Princesse 611 VII, II | of the Danube hastened to concentrate in the neighborhood of the 612 VII, III | hatred of his nature was concentrated - this was more horrible 613 I, I | We might take her to the conciergerie," suggested the elder gentleman.~ ~" 614 I, IV | understood and enjoyed the concluding words.~ ~The little countess 615 I, III | His manner now was not so condescending and sympathetic. He approached 616 IV, III | once had in his care was conducting herself at the manor, and 617 IX, I | and when Marie's little conductor knocked at the door of the 618 X, III | Vavel a paper, "is the sauf conduit."~ ~The pass contained the 619 I, IV | opinion as to whether Hardy's confections or those of Riches were 620 VI, VI | modesty forbade her from confessing to Ludwig's betrothed wife 621 VI, I | allowed to breathe such a confession into a human ear?" sternly 622 VII, II | confidences, hear the mutual confessions which made them so happy? 623 X, I | easily enough," was the confident rejoinder.~ ~"You can? How?"~ ~" 624 VI, III | returned the young man, confidently. "I shall have a guiding 625 III, II | with gay-colored palms, and confined only at the waist with a 626 VI, IV | Yes, I am."~ ~This was her confirmation of the words Vavel had spoken 627 II, I | fat red face by no means confuted, - while his heavy, stiffly 628 V, II | malice. Accept my sincerest congratulations. To you, baroness, I give 629 II, I | very zealous member of your congregation."~ ~"And this, your ladyship," 630 Pres | an address at the Peace Congress at Brussels two years ago 631 I, III | could not understand was the connection between the two events. 632 X, III | has been proclaimed. The conqueror takes from you a plot of 633 I, IV | an enthusiast - an easy conquest, I should fancy; and when 634 I, IV | comforting word due to the conscience of the soldier who has killed 635 II, I | and every one of you must consider himself at home here."~ ~ 636 VII, I | that the uniform was to consist of red trousers and light-blue 637 VII, III | saint, might become the consort of the man on whom all the 638 I, III | entrapped more than one conspirator," triumphantly interrupted 639 I, IV | IV~ ~While the ensnared conspirators against the state were receiving 640 I, III | mother. Besides, everything conspired to aid your friend to escape. 641 VIII, III | have known that there are constellations which never descend to the 642 II, I | conveyance.~ ~The general consternation which ensued was ended by 643 Int | which finds expression in constitutional forms, relying upon the 644 IV, III | Peasant women have strong constitutions," observed the count. "When 645 V, III | army was put to work to construct an embankment that would 646 IX, III | concealment."~ ~He held a consultation with his subordinates; after 647 V, II | anxiously to every sound, and consulted his watch every few minutes. 648 Pres | the books of reference he consults, a narrow bed like a soldier' 649 II, II | he receives letters which contain money, and for which he 650 VI, III | ejaculated Count Vavel, contemptuously. "I will supply the funds 651 VI, I | face of the globe a more contented and peace-loving folk than 652 VI, I | prohibited throughout the entire continent. Only an indiscreet correspondent 653 VII, I | to be had, because of the continental embargo. The militia must 654 VI, I | authorized the "recruit contingent," but the recruits were 655 IV, IV | while the third kept up a continual fire. The French horsemen 656 IV, III | Napoleon might be beaten. He is continually talking about stratagems, 657 VII, I | Vice-palatine," said the count, continuing the conversation which had 658 IV, IV | would have dropped under the continuous fire! The general certainly 659 IV, II | the half-opened lips, the contracted brows, the half-closed eyes, 660 V, II | Answer when it will be convenient for you to see me."~ ~What 661 VII, III | was to be imprisoned in a convent, he could have borne it. 662 V, II | the lady, "has as little conventionality about it as had yours. The 663 III, I | himself at the foot. They conversed during the meal. The maid 664 II, I | women had been riding in the conveyance.~ ~The general consternation 665 IV, I | children's asylums, then the "convict system" certainly was a 666 IV, I | children's asylums, the convict-like regulations of such institutions. 667 I, I | say, my little maid, your convictions will not prevent you from 668 III, IV | An involuntary epileptic convulsion shook his limbs. He fell 669 II, I | his sermon-book for one on cookery, and he did not notice it 670 X, III | dropped to the floor the cooking-utensil she had in her hand.~ ~The 671 II, I | dining-room, astonishing the cooks with her knowledge of their 672 VI, II | troops find they cannot cope with a superior foe! This 673 IV, III | a strange-looking, dull, copper-hued ball hung in the sky.~ ~ 674 I, III | blossoms, and, with childlike coquetry, fastened it in the trimming 675 VI, II | greeted him with great cordiality.~ ~"The Herr Count has been 676 VII, II | enrolled in his volunteer corps Count Vavel made an object 677 VI, V | was pallid as that of a corpse. Her eyes were closed; her 678 VI, I | living in Pest. The count corresponded with both gentlemen, - personally 679 II, III | of the castle. Stairs and corridors were covered with coarse 680 V, II | to prevent the rust from corroding them.~ ~The departure of 681 VI, III | drew the violets from her corsage, and fastened them in Herr 682 IV, IV | capture the ever-victorious Corsican.~ ~"Herr Count," one day 683 III, I | glass doors, all sorts of costly toys, and dolls in full 684 III, II | young man in one of those costumes worn by Paris dames at the 685 IV, I | neighboring farm-yards and cottages, was a spectator of the 686 IV, I | the "Lion-head" and the "Council of Ten" in one person. The 687 VII, I | escapement is the imperial counselor of war. The wheels are the 688 X, III | expressions on the three startled countenances brought a sudden fear to 689 VI, I | be allowed to go free. I counterfeited certificates of baptism, 690 V, II | Probably I am also said to be a counterfeiter?"~ ~"I am not jesting, Herr 691 II, II | thrown from the window of the county-house than demand a passport from 692 X, II | were bringing with them a couple of loaded hay-wagons, which 693 IX, II | two, with two different couriers in different directions, - 694 X, II | a violation of national courtesies," she exclaimed irately. " 695 V, I | Leon Barthelmy was a true courtier, a brave soldier, an entertaining 696 I, IV | beautiful women, their polished courtiers, acting as spies in our 697 III, I | the sound of wheels in the courtyard was heard. Then three taps 698 II, II | which are equivalent to 'cousin.'"~ ~"And do you never say ' 699 VI, III | To horse, soldier! To cow, farmer.' The militia law 700 VIII, I | little child."~ ~The baroness cowered beneath the merciless words 701 I, I | shawl wrapped about her, was cowering in the deep doorway of the 702 V, I | certain limit, but made no coy pretence of avoiding innocent 703 II, I | affectation of maidenly coyness, the ceremonial kiss, and 704 IX, I | knees. Then the coachman cracked his whip, and the vehicle 705 III, III | like a child in a rocking cradle. And here she was allowed 706 V, II | gun, a hat decorated with crane-feathers, a canteen at his side, 707 IV, III | brilliant circles were extinct craters; the dark blotches, seas. 708 III, IV | after he had adjusted his cravat in front of the looking-glass.~ ~ 709 I, I | heavy iron lantern swung, creaking in the wind, and, battling 710 III, II | is just like looking at creation through a grating! I should 711 VI, I | which of them he should give credence. The pastor, who was a student 712 I, IV | left me to battle with her creditors."~ ~ ~ ~ 713 Pres | her rôles seems to have crept. It was to her powers of 714 I, III | incroyables" and "petits crevés." The building, however, 715 IX, II | water-fowl, with clamorous cries and rustling wings, rose 716 IV, III | begged the lady, her cheeks crimsoning with modest shame when he 717 III, IV | his illness. The salutary crisis came of its own accord during 718 VI, II | Vice-palatine, you remind me of the critic who, at the conclusion of 719 III, I | dictated his comments and criticisms on certain articles to Marie, 720 I, IV | elders, made witty remarks, criticized the toilets and the play, 721 Pres | greatly deplores that what the critics call his best work should 722 IV, III | Marie laughed. "If I had a crooked mouth, and kept one eye 723 Pres | Gardening," propagates a large crop of like-minded enthusiasts 724 III, III | many years harvested two crops a year. Suddenly the lake 725 I, I | you don't take us to be croquemitaines who devour little children; 726 III, III | the lightning flashes, the crosses lift their heads from the 727 VI, III | Vavel waited like the tiger crouched in ambush, ready to spring 728 V, I | barking of dogs and the crowing of fowls now was obliged 729 II, III | row of willows with knotty crowns. A drawbridge at the farther 730 I, III | treated with far greater cruelty.~ ~His reply was brief:~ ~" 731 IV, II | heroic king's memorable crusade. The scholar, however, was 732 II, I | happen to you as it did to Csokonai, not long ago. Some wags 733 III, III | on the "new ground." They cultivated wheat and maize, and for 734 Int | of labor, the same mental culture; a striving after progress, 735 VI, III | letter. We shall march, cum gentibus, to repulse the 736 VI, IV | opened all the doors and cupboards, while I was in the observatory, 737 II, II | mocha was steaming in the cups. Here the baroness and the 738 I, II | vehicle drew up beside the curb where the young man was 739 II, II | barking dogs, asking that the curs be shut indoors nights; 740 V, II | satisfied?"~ ~"Yes," was the curt reply.~ ~"Then let us shake 741 VII, I | Vavel.~ ~"Because it is not customary to put the fire underneath 742 IV, II | descriptions of national customs, in archaeological study, 743 III, I | shepherd's song; the brass Cyclops standing on the dial struck 744 II, I | the village, his plumed czako in one hand, and announced 745 I, IV | on the friendship of the Czar Alexander.~ ~In this company 746 II, I | of those persons of whom Cziraky said: 'My lad, don't trouble 747 I, III | toward her.~ ~The child daintily broke off one of the snowy 748 IV, II | had arranged an extensive dairy, and paid daily visits to 749 IX, II | lakes of the Hansag, a stout dam had been built. When the 750 I, I | drawing together the faded damask bed-curtains, and walking 751 III, II | those costumes worn by Paris dames at the sea-shore when they 752 VI, I | foolishness you will deserve damnation. Did not you say so yourself, 753 VI, III | this proclamation still damp from the press, and at once 754 I, III | property of the celebrated danseuse, Mlle. Guimard, for whom 755 III, IV | one's self with books - Dante, Shakspere, Horace. To these 756 II, II | speaker.~ ~"What? Audiat? How dares he say such a thing?" demanded 757 VII, I | and those from the Theiss dark-blue."~ ~"Thank heaven something 758 VI, VI | over at the castle became darkened. The gentlemen evidently 759 III, II | and said tenderly:~ ~"My darling! my little queen! not all 760 X, I | into his own pocket, and darted from the room as if he had 761 III, II | fish-hawks, surrounded by the darting fishes, that would tell 762 VI, IV | time to time ejaculated:~ ~"Darvalia!" "Beste karaffia!" - which, 763 IX, IV | her head, as if she would dash it upon the dying man's 764 VII, II | like the insurgent who dashes unceremoniously into your 765 X, II | The subject is old - it dates back to the first years 766 I, I | tailor at St. Leu. The true dauphin, the son of Louis XVI., 767 III, II | sparrow, whose name was David - surely because he, too, 768 X, II | neither, however; and at daybreak on the second day arrived 769 Pres | quickly followed, and, as they dealt with the social and political 770 X, II | Frenchmen at Klein-Zell.~ ~The "Death-head troop," as Vavel's Volons 771 I, IV | aches when he looks upon the death-struggles of the man he has killed 772 IV, III | the assisting lady became deathly pale. Her eyes closed, her 773 IV, II | else to do. And, as he was debarred from making direct inquiries 774 IV, I | not to remain the other's debtor. The count's epistles were 775 I, IV | daughter and a half-million of debts! What else could you have 776 III, IV | issued no human sound.~ ~The decade of years he had existed 777 III, III | water. During the past two decades we ourselves have seen a 778 VIII, III | Vavel had learned of the deceit of the woman he loved, he 779 VIII, I | life - lying, cheating, deceiving every day in order to live! 780 V, III | signs of the times are not deceptive. Our resurrection may be 781 VI, II | foot-soldiers'? The money-bag decides the question between cavalry 782 VII, II | at the same time sent out declarations of war.~ ~The countries 783 VI, II | emulation in splendor of decoration among our own people, and 784 II, II | furnish only the data; for the deductions I must refer your ladyship 785 I, IV | our fatherland hallows the deed."~ ~"But that which we are 786 VIII, III | is a God in heaven!" with deep-toned thankfulness ejaculated 787 V, II | colonel. "Accept, madame, my deepest reverence, and do not refuse 788 VIII, III | understand that, were Bonaparte defeated, the republic would be restored 789 X, I | Pechy," he went on, "bravely defended the fortress for ten days 790 IV, III | have had no difficulty in defending himself. He had performed 791 VI, III | money which is given for the defense of the fatherland?"~ ~"But 792 VII, III | and they do not know the definition of the word 'impossible'! 793 VII, II | explained Ludwig, "will defray the expenses of our undertaking. 794 Pres | the freedom of a censored, degraded press. And yet the only 795 IV, IV | with their muzzles ten degrees apart. But one touch-hole 796 IX, II | another route, and this will delay us perhaps for hours. But 797 VII, III | instant did Ludwig Vavel deliberate as to his course of action.~ ~ 798 I, I | something," after a moment's deliberation observed the elder man. " 799 IV, II | that she possessed enough delicacy of feeling to understand 800 III, I | The sparkling dark eyes, delicately chiseled nostrils, and rounded 801 III, IV | and September, with its delightfully warm weather drew on apace. 802 IV, II | One day the tutor was delineating with great eloquence to 803 III, IV | master was still tossing deliriously about on the bed; whereupon 804 X, III | feverish words uttered in her delirium, have been so many accusations 805 VII, III | Themire of her own free will delivers the treasures into my hands, 806 X, III | establishing the line of demarcation. Master Matyas, without 807 VIII, III | the other. And I saw that demi-god flying on his white horse. 808 II, I | then he became a veritable Demosthenes.~ ~"I only hope, reverend 809 VII, III | lure the hermit from his den; but he is a cunning fox, 810 IV, IV | hundred men. He would take no denial, but insisted that Henry 811 IV, II | sunlight - enjoyments hitherto denied her; but, all the same, 812 VI, IV | When his emissary had departed, Count Vavel began to reflect 813 II, II | revoke the conditions?"~ ~"It depends entirely on the sort of 814 III, II | as death, extreme horror depicted in his glance.~ ~"There!" 815 Pres | also. Dr. Jókai greatly deplores that what the critics call 816 VII, II | to her daughter, and the deposition of the two men who witnessed 817 VII, I | have captured the flint depot in Lemberg."~ ~"Each man 818 X, III | many strangers in the city, deputations from the militia camps, 819 V, II | the glance of scorn and derision.~ ~He had now lost all control 820 VIII, III | constellations which never descend to the horizon. The 'Crown' 821 VI, III | quitted the room, and in descending the stairs had all he could 822 VI, III | read in it her illustrious descent. This is my idol - my goddess, 823 X, III | Monsieur le Capitaine Descourcelles rode an excellent horse, 824 VIII, III | convinced that his ambitious designs had come to naught. The 825 IV, I | The count one day would despatch a letter to the manor, and 826 III, IV | these people were not to be despised.~ ~"If only it did not rain 827 VII, II | were at a meal; and then, despite his protests that he had 828 V, I | the Nameless Castle and despoil Count Vavel of something 829 Pres | profession, to which Austria's despotism drove many a nobleman in 830 VII, II | little girl who exchanged destinies with her. The Marquis d' 831 IX, IV | You! you, the accursed destroyer of my daughter! May God 832 V, III | the garden from further destruction. Laborers were easily secured. 833 II, II | word about this matter, the details of which no one knows better 834 I, I | impress of an inflexible determination; a dimple indented his smoothly 835 I, III | How, pray, can one determine the age of a lady whom no 836 V, I | commander left his card, determining to remain indoors at the 837 II, I | hastening toward them. "I detest all formalities. I have 838 IX, II | thousand paces in making a detour of the lakelets - the demons 839 Pres | dared show their faces in devastated Hungary.~ ~Ripe with experience 840 V, II | the dangerous element will develop into a mania, and he will 841 Pres | idealism, imagination, and devotion that overflowed in two directions 842 I, I | to be croquemitaines who devour little children; do you?"~ ~" 843 III, I | fairy were gliding over the dewy grass; and sometimes she 844 I, III | placed them on the table, and dexterously fitted the pieces together 845 Pres | The New Landlord"; "Black Diamonds"; "A Romance of the Coming 846 V, II | hold a pen? He could not dictate the letter to Marie appointing 847 III, II | pretty?"~ ~"She is young."~ ~"Didst thou see her through the 848 II, II | of a French officer from Dieppe. Since then the betrayed 849 X, II | cried in terror:~ ~"Oh mon Dieu, ne tuez pas Arthur!"~ ~ 850 Int | it has often been under difficulties; for many of my works which 851 VI, VI | baroness. "I should like to dig and work in the garden all 852 I, IV | honors of the house. The dignity with which the child performed 853 I, I | inflexible determination; a dimple indented his smoothly shaven 854 II, III | Janos, we are not going to dine here to-day; from what I 855 I, I | small guest. They entered a dingy anteroom, which led, through 856 VII, III | palatine's own lips, while dining with that exalted personage 857 VII, I | conversation which had begun at the dining-table, "why is it that six months 858 VI, II | clothes, and when the regular dinner-hour arrived joined Marie, as 859 II, III | have paid a ducat for my diploma."~ ~"I will give you the 860 IX, I | rather go with a woman," diplomatically assented Marie.~ ~"As an 861 I, IV | the letter, but the little diplomatist thought it best to atone 862 V, II | the French army, under the Directory, but entered our service 863 I, I | steps, thus appearing and disappearing at regular intervals. Surely 864 IV, I | it means either that you disapprove the principle of my undertaking, 865 IV, I | accordingly; but he added that he disapproved the prison-like system of 866 X, II | exercise all his skill to disarm without injuring him.~ ~ 867 VII, I | entire brigade, without discharging a gun. And even our quondam 868 Pres | badge of nobility hateful to disciples of the doctrine of liberty, 869 VI, IV | the Herr Count's military discipline."~ ~ ~ ~ 870 VIII, I | small case, and, opening it, disclosed a pallid face with closed 871 III, II | alluring, child and siren.~ ~Disconcerted and embarrassed, Ludwig 872 V, II | and the bagpipe set up a discordant shriek, upon which the actor 873 IV, II | little heed to his learned discourses, and even neglected to learn 874 V, I | communicate his extraordinary discovery to her. What could he do 875 V, I | fear for so prudent and discreet a woman as the Baroness 876 I, IV | the Countess Dealba was discussing the beauties of the latest 877 VI, II | more sensible subject for discussion. There is a quiet little 878 IX, II | enormous excrescences on a diseased body. One of these huge 879 II, I | chicken-pox, she was bemoaning the disfiguring scars left on her face, 880 IV, III | they always said I would disgrace any regiment to which I 881 II, I | time!" he concluded, in disgust at his ill success.~ ~"And 882 VIII, I | day came when everything disgusted me. It is an infamous trade, 883 IV, III | observatory.~ ~Already the disk of the moon was half obscured. 884 V, III | The consciousness of his disloyalty to the young girl troubled 885 IX, III | gladiator of the Vatican.~ ~"Dismount," ordered the marquis. " 886 V, III | never grieve her, never disobey her. I am so very, very 887 III, III | and I should not think of disobeying him."~ ~"But now that he 888 IX, III | confused and thrown into disorder. In desperation he tore 889 II, I | greatest gossip and news dispenser in the kingdom."~ ~"A most 890 Pres | midst of all this inspiring display of loving appreciation, 891 VI, IV | dutiful. If I do anything that displeases you, you must scold me, 892 III, II | the sea-shore when they disport themselves amid the waves 893 III, IV | crowd of naked children disported in the water; their shouts 894 I, III | auction - or, rather, had been disposed of by lottery, a lady who 895 VII, I | purchased; for, while the dispute about the colors of the 896 IV, I | spectator of the community's disputes as well as its diversions. 897 VI, I | all wrong; that general dissatisfaction prevailed throughout Hungary. 898 V, III | in order to calculate the distances which cannot be measured 899 III, III | All children have such a distaste for this herb tea that it 900 VI, I | was calm and peaceful; the distortion had disappeared from his 901 IV, II | countenance.~ ~Ludwig, who was distressed to see this continued melancholy 902 IV, II | mold that it would be quite distressing to see them. Certainly this 903 IV, I | homeward way he could see her distribute alms among the beggars who 904 II, II | and sweets, - which he distributes with his own hand. I can 905 I, I | think we had better not disturb the police when they are 906 V, I | delights of a clean vault over ditches and hedges. If only he might 907 III, IV | her enemies, not an expert diver, but a natural abnormity 908 IV, I | disputes as well as its diversions. Of late, the chief object 909 Pres | always.~ ~Apparently he was diverted from art to literature by 910 VII, II | army from the Tyrol. His divisions were surrendering, one after 911 V, I | from whom he had not been divorced.~ ~Susceptible feminine 912 Pres | hateful to disciples of the doctrine of liberty, fraternity, 913 VII, II | heroic attempts of Kalt, Dörnberg, Schill, and Lützow fell 914 VI, VI | I don't keep a cat or a dog, because I don't want to 915 VII, I | should adopt light-blue dolmans, and those from the Theiss 916 II, III | glossy white paper. Every door-latch had been polished until 917 VI, III | possession of that which the double-headed eagle had hesitated to grasp.~ ~ 918 Int | has been utilized by the Doubleday & McClure Co., who have 919 VI, IV | the table; there was no doubting that. The venture must be 920 X, I | looked more longingly for the dove than had he for his brave 921 I, III | whom your friend brought downstairs at eleven, pretending that 922 VII, III | maid who can bring as her dowry the crown of a sovereign. 923 II, III | the law of possession, and drag the case through a twelve 924 V, II | of the rockets and paper dragons which were used at the celebration 925 Pres | offered a prize for the best drama, and Jókay won it. He was 926 Pres | imagination, short tales, dramatic works, essays on literature 927 I, III | fashion of that day, which draped the shoulders and bust with 928 X, III | ceiling hung with mourning draperies. From time to time a distant 929 II, III | willows with knotty crowns. A drawbridge at the farther end made 930 III, I | on which were sheets of drawing-board, and glasses containing 931 III, I | Near the window stood a drawing-table, on which were sheets of 932 V, II | returned to the castle! The dreamer in his slumbers had given 933 III, III | gently rocked him, he gazed dreamily into the depths of the starry 934 IV, IV | and often I would be in dreamland long before I got to the ' 935 Pres | himself drained the bitterest dregs of war.~ ~While Kossuth 936 IV, IV | of the "green vault" in Dresden.~ ~A few days afterward 937 I, III | The men also wore full dress: Hungarian trousers, short-waisted 938 I, I | somewhere a large, beautifully dressed doll. All thought of fear 939 X, III | the next room while I am dressing. I know you have much to 940 IV, III | The clinging folds of her dressing-robe revealed the perfect proportions 941 I, IV | word, but hurried into her dressing-room.~ ~De Fervlans wrote an 942 VII, I | Hungarian life-guard to drill the newly formed regiments. 943 VII, II | blare of trumpets for the drill-ground.~ ~The count made a fine-looking 944 VII, II | however, had been formed and drilled in secret, as the noble 945 VII, I | uniforms, arms, officering, drilling, provisions. You must admit 946 IX, IV | swampy earth, when clear, drinkable water would rise from the 947 IX, II | whatever he had of victuals and drinks. He could offer them nothing 948 I, II | the strap, and told the driver he wished to stop for a 949 IV, III | Fetch the stick, and my driving-coat, into the pocket of which 950 III, IV | carriage, or of a human dromedary, - not even of a lantern, 951 V, II | dance and grimace to the drone of the bagpipe. You have 952 V, III | Marie smiled sadly, and drooped her head.~ ~Vavel then drew 953 VI, III | could do to transfer without dropping them the coins from his 954 IV, III | nature than her maid. A few drops of cold water sprinkled 955 X, III | a heavy peal of thunder drowned his voice. When it had ceased 956 I, II | about it"; and the pretended drunkard seized hold of the young 957 I, II | seemed intoxicated, began in drunken tones:~ ~"Hello, citizen! 958 IX, II | sour cider, mead, and wild ducks' eggs. But when a demon 959 IV, I | to evolve from the little dullard growing up in a peasant' 960 III, IV | water like the otters, a dumb creature from whose lips 961 VII, III | You may believe that I was dumfounded for an instant; then I began 962 II, I | he replied, beginning his dumpling-rolling; "that is quite true. The 963 II, I | if he were rolling little dumplings between them.~ ~"Yes - yes," 964 III, I | panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed 965 Pres | imprisoned and suffering in a dungeon, he was enabled to escape 966 II, III | to make a visit of some duration.~ ~Now, however, something 967 VII, I | Colonel Barthelmy, has taken Dutch leave and gone back to the 968 I, I | which found every honest dweller within the Quartier St. 969 I, III | speculator, who divided the large dwelling into suites of apartments, 970 X, III | seen battered walls, and dwellings ruined by bombs and flames, 971 VIII, II | the better land where she dwells: 'Little sister, your mother 972 VII, I | to the red trousers; red dye-stuff was not to be had, because 973 VII, III | s throne. The legitimate dynasty would then be satisfied 974 IV, IV | signal to Ludwig half an hour earlier. He heard, and came as readily 975 III, II | Marie's birthday. From her earliest childhood this one day had 976 VI, VI | when her eyes fell on an easel on which was a half-finished 977 Int | countries, especially with the East. There have been years when 978 II, II | always a lamb for dinner on Easter; and the usual heiligen 979 II, III | learn, we are going to be eaten ourselves."~ ~"What do you 980 III, I | the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after 981 I, I | opened, however, the little eavesdropper was back underneath the 982 VII, II | paces. From the slaughter at Ebersburg he passed at once to the 983 II, I | with the clergyman, whose ecclesiastical office entitled him to that 984 III, III | the moaning, murmuring, echoing voices floating across the 985 IV, II | therefore collected for Marie's edification quite a library, and became 986 Pres | publications, the various editions of his three hundred and 987 IV, I | county for assistance to educate the children. In addition 988 V, II | quite ruined my system of education. I taught him to kneel and 989 Pres | passionate zeal, was not effected without antagonizing the 990 III, IV | had so far attended the efforts to tame the wild boy that 991 IX, II | cider, mead, and wild ducks' eggs. But when a demon is hungry 992 VI, II | may not detect the fumes, eh?"~ ~"You have guessed it."~ ~" 993 VIII, I | from the bloody battle of Eilau?"~ ~"I have not heard."~ ~" 994 X, III | ausgedacht,~ Hat unserer Liebe ein Ende gemacht."~ ~At the 995 II, I | well as in Raab, Komorn, Eisenburg, and Odenburg, as the greatest 996 II, III | to prevent me from being ejected from this castle, in case 997 III, I | steps were so light and elastic, as if a fairy were gliding 998 IX, III | adversaries in the hand, the elbow, the forearm, whereby he 999 I, III | hour.~ ~One of the men, an elderly and distinguished-looking 1000 V, II | darkness of night; and like the electric flash a light sped into 1001 V, II | self-love. The emotions which electrify your nerves torment ours.


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