Not a note has passed my lips for weeks, and now my heart aches so, that I would far rather weep than sing.

'What troubles me ?' you will ask, and yet Maria gives me courage to request a chivalrous service, almost without parallel, at your hands." "Speak, speak," Georg eagerly exclaimed.

"If Frau Maria summons me and I can serve you, dear lady: here I am, dispose of me." Henrica did not avoid his frank glance, as she replied: "First hear what a great service we ask of you.

You must prepare yourself to hear a short story.

I am still weak and have put my strength to a severe test to-day, Maria must speak for me." The young wife fulfilled this task quietly and clearly, closing with the words: "The messenger we need, I have found myself.