"One cannot rebel; one may not even kill one's self when one is condemned to live.

One can do nothing but endure and wait in haunting fear and, in rare moments, hope against a million chances." Evidently she meant us to know that she sorrowed for Max's martyrdom, though how she had learned of his true station in life I could not guess.
"It is strange," said I to Castleman, when Yolanda and Twonette had left us, "that Fraeulein Yolanda, who seems to be all laughter and thoughtlessness, should be so well informed upon the affairs of princes and princesses, and should take this public matter so much to heart." "Yes, she is a strange, unfortunate girl," answered Castleman, "and truly loves her native land.

She would, I believe, be another Joan of Arc, had she the opportunity.

She and her father do not at all agree.

He wholly fails to comprehend her." "Is her father your brother ?" I asked.