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He was standing on the curb in front of the hotel, his decision still unrounded, when he noticed a closed carriage hard by the fountain in the Platz The driver dozed on his box

"Hu the fool's beads Silver and copper are his gods and goddesses Ha! a fare!"

A wohly veiled and cloaked, came round from the opposite side of the fountain She spoke to the driver, and he tumbled off the box, alive and hearty There seee of words of e, the driver woke up his ancient Bucephalus, and went clickety-clack down the König Strasse toward the town

To Carmichael it was less than an incident He twirled his cane and walked toward the public gardens Here he strolled about, watching the people, nuht ain, and he drifted with the croard the pavilion The penny-chairs were occupied, so he selected a spot off-side, near enough for all auditual purposes One after another he carelessly scanned the faces of those nearest He was sonomist, but he seldom made the mistakes of the tyro

Within a dozen feet of him, her arms folded across her breast, her eyes half shut in the luxury of the senses, stood the goose-girl He smiled as he recalled the encounter of that afternoon It was his habit to ride to the maneuvers every day, and several times he had noticed her, as well as any rider is able to notice a pedestrian But that afternoon her beauty came home to him suddenly and unexpectedly Had she been other than what she was, a woe, his interest would have waned in the passing But it had come with the sa story in a dilapidated book

"Why couldn't I have fallen in love with soitated

With a friendly smile on his lips, he took a step toward her, but instantly paused Colonel von Wallenstein of the general staff approached her from the other side, and Carmichael was curious to find out what that officer's object was Wallenstein was a capital soldier, and a jolly fellow round a board, but beyond that Car for him There were too many scented notes stuck in his pockets

The colonel dropped his cigarette, leaned over Gretchen's shoulder and spoke a feords At first she gave no heed The colonel persisted Without a word in reply, she resolutely sought the nearest policehed Meantime the policeman frowned It was incredible; his excellency could not possibly have intended any wrong, it was only a harmless pleasantry Gretchen's lips quivered; the law of redress in Ehrenstein had no niche for the goose-girl