scine reluctance, is reduced to taking
favors from her relatives. To com¬
plicate matters she is in love with
her cousin, Paul, who is engaged ipr
the moment with a young married
woman of fashion, Cissy Mohr.
A letter from home tells Eise thht
iei gay and brilliant father will
e.
imprisoned for embezziement unles
he can preduce 30,000 gulden withn
three days, and begs her to approaph
Herr Dorsday, a rich and eidetly
fellow-guest, for the money. Eise
shrinks at the prospect
If he only weren't so distastefhl
tome (she thinks). The way he
looks at me, t0o. M.
ne M
Dorsday, I don't believe in yol
elegance nor in your monoel
in your nobillty. You might Jast
as well be dealing in old clothei
as in old pictures
zut. Eise
Eise, what are you thinking ##
Oh. 1 can take the 1
ty No
body can tell about me. 1'm
ually blond, strawberry blond,
nd
my brother Rudi looks like a obs
tive aristocrat.
She pockets her pride and hei re¬
pulsion and approa
ay
he tells h
as modest as her request: i1
her once.
until
dinner
E
mind. Meanwhile, a
her mother raise
000: one surmises tha
ra
his price. Wi
or some scheme
22
U
rr Dorsday’s state
and at the same time cheat
any triumph
her roon
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erseif int
r

pours tei
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loal
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ing
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inds
r
me
s of
see.
hystericall;
à
et
an0
Fif
80
h
In
t
ake
all.
hat Ir
ousy, fear of the futu
ier veronal; and she drifts off
death while Cissy at th
braces Paul.
Ipon first blush chis tale mig
appent trifling—sensational matt
with an expiatory ending. Rut
Closer inspectionsiene perceives ih
31. Fraeulein
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