He observed that she looked toward the doors quite as often as she looked at him; it struck him that she was extremely cautious despite her apparent ease.
Her voice, always low and even, second lower still.

"In the first place, I have a faithful friend in one of the oldest retainers at Schloss Marlanx.

His daughter is my maid.

She is here with me now.

The old man came to see Josepha one day last week.