But if you persist in pining and moaning and starving yourself, because I will not allow you to turn dancer and marry a strolling player, you will have to remain here.

I am not such pleasant company when I am bored, I can tell you, and my enthusiasm for the beauties of nature is probably transitory." "I can bear anything if you will remove Benoni," said Hedwig, quietly, as she rose from her seat.

But the pressure of the iron keys that she had hidden in her bosom gave her a strange sensation.
"Never fear," said the count, taking his hat from the table.

"You shall be amply avenged of Benoni and his foul tongue.

I may not love my daughter, but no one shall insult her.