He had already given it up in imagination; it was only necessary to have the transfer made by the notary.

The Swiss should learn how a true knight satisfies even the heaviest losses at the gaming table.

He would not spare Heinz Schorlin.
He meant to reproach the unprincipled fellow who by base arts had alienated the betrothed bride of an honest man--for that Wolff certainly was--when adverse circumstances prevented his watching the faithless woman himself.

Twisting the ends of his mustache with two rapid motions, he knocked at the young knight's door..