"
"Veil or myrtle wreath?"
"I will be married."
"To the baron?"
"Yes," replied the girl in a strangely calm and courageous tone, "but I
also have my conditions to impose."
"Let us hear them."
"In the first place I must be sure that my brother Koloman will not be
persecuted. I suppose you will not let him come with me?"
"No, that one thing cannot be allowed."
"But I cannot let him remain here. Send him to some other town. You are
always talking of your rank and riches, give him an education to
correspond."
The child in those two hours had grown older by ten years, she now spoke
to the other members of the family with the air of a matron.
"Agreed!" cried Mr. Demetrius. "Besides it will be much better if we do
not see him."
"My second request is that I may take the furniture I have been used to
and my flowers along with me to the place where I have to go."
"Granted, a harmless feminine caprice. Be it so!"
"In the third place I should like the papers grandfather knows of to be
given back to him whom it most concerns."
"Certainly," said Mr. Demetrius, "I promised, did I not, that it should
form part of your marriage portion. Mr. Sipos, would you be so good as
to place these documents in the hands--of the proper person?"
Mr. Sipos bowed and promised to carry out the mournful commission.
"And now, my girl, the marriage-contract is before you, the baron has
already signed it and awaits your decision in the adjoining room.
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