"She coaxed me to take her to Basel, and life was a burden till I got her home again.

Now she winds me around her finger and says, 'Uncle Castleman, obey me,' and I obey.

Truly, there never was in all the world such another coaxing, persuasive little witch as our Yolanda." "Poor child," said Frau Kate, as her husband passed out of the door.
Castleman reached The Mitre near the hour of one, and of course did not find us.

At half-past four, Yolanda entered the great oak room where Twonette and Frau Kate were stitching tapestry.
"Where suppose you Sir Max is--and Sir Karl ?" asked Yolanda, with a touch of anger in her voice.

"Why has he not come?
I have been watching but have not seen him--them.