From these reflections I was roused by the appearance of a waiter, with a letter for me.

The envelope contained a slip cut from a German newspaper, and these lines of writing, signed by Frau Meyer:-- "You are either a very just, or a very obstinate young man.

In either case, it will do you no harm to read what I enclose.

I am not such a scandal-mongering old woman as you seem to think.

The concealment of the names will not puzzle you.