It was like your mother.

What is in the letter, Herbeck ?" Herbeck was a strong man; he was always far removed from tears; but there was a mist over the usual clarity of his vision.

He ripped down the flap.

It was only a simple note to her serene highness, begging her to give the enclosed banknotes to one Gretchen who lived in the Krumerweg.

The notes represented a thousand crowns.
"Take them, little goose-girl," said the duke; "your ship has come in.
This will be your dowry." An icy shiver ran up and down Gretchen's spine, a shiver of wonder, delight, terror.