Changes are sure to follow--and my change of residence may pass as one of them." He got up to leave the room, and stopped at the door.
"I wish you would come with me, David, to Madame Fontaine's.

She is very anxious to see you." Feeling no such anxiety on my side, I attempted to excuse myself; but he went on without giving me time to speak--"Nice little Miss Minna is very dull, poor child.

She has no friend of her own age here at Frankfort, excepting yourself.

And she has asked me more than once when Mr.David would return from Hanau." My excuses failed me when I heard this.

Mr.Engelman and I left the house together.
As we approached the door of Madame Fontaine's lodgings, it was opened from within by the landlady, and a stranger stepped out into the street.
He was sufficiently well dressed to pass for a gentleman--but there were obstacles in his face and manner to a successful personation of the character.