She knew she had come with her fears to a man in whose face it was declared that he could laugh at substance as well as shadow.
"I am seeing you here in this big room, openly, for the simple reason that if I am being watched this manner of meeting may be above suspicion.

We may speak freely here, for we cannot be heard unless we raise our voices.

Don't betray surprise or consternation.

The eyes of the wall may be better than its ears." "You don't mean to say you are being watched here in your father's house ?" he demanded.
"I don't know.

This I do know: the Count has many spies in Edelweiss.