You'll take them with you ?" "Willingly, most willingly; and now let me thank you for all your kindness.

You have been like an own mother to me." Georg clasped the widow's hand, and neither attempted to conceal how dear each had become to the other and how hard it was to part.

Trautchen had given Barbara the stockings, and many tears fell upon them, while the widow was bidding the Junker farewell.

When she noticed they were actually wet, she waved them in the air and handed them to the young man.
The night was dark but still, even sultry.

The travellers were received at the Hohenort Gate by Captain Van Duivenvoorde, preceded by an old sergeant, carrying a lantern, who opened the gate.