The Eichhofs: A Romance
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Gräfin von Valeska Bethusy-Huc. The Eichhofs: A Romance
CHAPTER I. SHADOWS OF COMING EVENTS
CHAPTER II. TWO DISCONTENTED FATHERS
CHAPTER III. HIDDEN SPRINGS
CHAPTER IV. GOSSIP
CHAPTER V. MARRIAGE
CHAPTER VI. A FAREWELL GLASS AND A DEATH-BED
CHAPTER VII. UNEXPECTED
CHAPTER VIII. AT THE TOMB
CHAPTER IX. CLOUDY WEATHER AT EICHHOF
CHAPTER X. FOUND AND LOST
CHAPTER XI. THEA ROUNDS HER FIRST PROMONTORY
CHAPTER XII. ANOTHER PROMONTORY COMES IN SIGHT
CHAPTER XIII. A PERIOD PUT TO A LONG ROW OF FIGURES
CHAPTER XIV. THE MISTRESS OF EICHHOF AND HER GUESTS
CHAPTER XV. IN BERLIN
CHAPTER XVI. REVELATIONS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER XVII. THE CONSEQUENCES BEGIN TO APPEAR
CHAPTER XVIII. AN EVENTFUL DAY
CHAPTER XIX. THE SHADOWS GATHER
CHAPTER XX. DR. NORDSTEDT
CHAPTER XXI. SUMMER DAYS
CHAPTER XXII. A CRISIS
CHAPTER XXIII. A SHORT CHAPTER, WITH A FAR GLANCE INTO THE FUTURE
CHAPTER XXIV. PER CRUCEM AD LUCEM
CONCLUSION
Отрывок из книги
A forest bridle-path. The ground is covered with gnarled, twisted roots, and the way is bordered with dark pines, and firs somewhat lighter in tone, between which only a narrow strip of spring sky shines down upon the two riders pursuing the dim pathway. Their horses, slowly walking abreast, seem by no means content to saunter thus; the chestnut upon which the man is mounted champs its bit impatiently, and the gray by its side pricks its ears, but the girl upon the back of the latter is as interested as her companion in the conversation going on between them, and neither pays any heed to the signs of their steeds' impatience, while the groom riding at some distance behind them is enjoying a huge sandwich that he has produced from his pocket, in full security from observation.
"It is too vexatious to know nothing about it all!" the girl exclaimed. "I am almost ashamed never to have been in Berlin."
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"Let him go to Berlin," thought the Count; "he'll have a chance there to see his brothers and his cousins in the Guards more often than elsewhere; and the deuce is in it if, after passing his examinations, the boy does not 'boot and saddle' and be a soldier. I know I should have done so in his place."
And now the 'boy' had reached this point of his career, and had already been one week at home without uttering a word upon the subject.
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