This bright prospect was instantly reflected in the girl's innocent face.

Her interest in the little world about her revived.
When her mother joined us, in our corner of the room, I was telling her all that could be safely related of my visit to Hanau.

Madame Fontaine seemed to be quite as attentive as her daughter to the progress of my trivial narrative--to Mr.Engelman's evident surprise.
"Did you go farther than Hanau ?" the widow asked.
"No farther." "Were there any guests to meet you at the dinner-party ?" "Only the members of the family." "I lived so long, David, in dull old Wurzburg, that I can't help feeling a certain interest in the town.

Did the subject turn up?
Did you hear of anything that was going on there ?" I answered this as cautiously as I had answered the questions that had gone before it.

Frau Meyer had, I fear, partially succeeded in perverting my sense of justice.