It was quite
natural that you should be uncertain of yourself, while you thought
you were loved by two men, and that the confusion prevented you
seeing clearly with your own heart. Now you know that Paul loves
you, and that the day on which he dares call you his will be the
first happy one I have had for a year. You will be able to come to a
determination more easily, as it concerns your own happiness equally
with Paul's. Paul is a good fellow, and worthy of the woman who will
bear his name."
He bent over her hand and pressed his lips to it. Malvine sobbed
aloud, and putting her arms on his shoulders kissed his hair, then
sprang away and flew to her room. Wilhelm hurried away in great
confusion, thankful that he had been spared meeting either Frau
Brohl or Frau Marker. He only breathed freely when he found himself
in the street.
Paul was informed the same afternoon of the conversation which had
taken place, Wilhelm delicately passing over Malvine's outburst of
feeling, and he hurried at once to the Lutzowstrasse to take by
storm the fortress in which his friend had already made a breach. He
was received by Frau Brohl, who nodded in mysterious manner, and
took him into her bedroom, at the back of the flat, through the
dining-room.
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