Hedwig laughed bravely.
"I was certainly astonished," she said.

"Poor man! I suppose he did it to support himself.

He never told me he gave you lessons too." The baroness smiled, but it was from genuine satisfaction this time.
"I wonder at that, since he knew we were intimate, or, at least, that we were acquainted.

Of course I would not speak of it last night, because I saw your father was angry." "Yes, he was angry.

I suppose it was natural," said Hedwig.
"Perfectly natural.