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'Excuseyou in the least, not in the least! You're quite another matter; you are, like all Russians, a military ner, a visitor, and I' Sanin She sighed, waved her hands, unwound her handkerchief again, and blew her nose Simply from the way in which her distress expressed itself, it could be seen that she had not been born under a northern sky

'And how is Herr Kl&uuht with his customers? It's utterly inconsistent! And now I a to live on? At one tiat of pistachio nuts, and we had plenty of custoel cakes! Only consider; even without this, they'll talk in the town about your duelit's ie broken off! It will be a scandal, a scandal! Geirl, she loves me; but she's an obstinate republican, she doesn't care for the opinion of others You're the only person that can persuade her!'

Sanin was more amazed than ever 'I, Frau Lenore?'

'Yes, you aloneyou alone That's why I have co else to do! You are so clever, so good! You have fought in her defence She will trust you! She is bound to trust you--why, you have risked your life on her account! You willruin on herself and all of us You saved hter too! God Himself sent you hereI am ready on my knees to beseech you' And Frau Lenore half rose froh about to fall at Sanin's feet He restrained her

'Frau Lenore! For ?'

She clutched his hand impulsively 'You proht have I '

'You promise? You don't want me to die here at once before your eyes?'

Sanin was utterly nonplussed It was the first time in his life he had had to deal with any one of ardent Italian blood

'I will do whatever you like,' he cried 'I will talk to Fräulein Gemma'