On the next day Frau Brohl spoke to her grand-daughter. She made her
understand that there were no real objections to be made, that she
was silly and was acting against her own happiness. Paul was much
the better match of the two, was more chic and practical than
Wilhelm, had better prospects in life, and was really better-looking
than his friend. Above all she liked Paul, and did not like Wilhelm,
and that ought to be taken into account. Malvine was not
inaccessible to such arguments, as Paul was really sympathetic to
her. Soon her tears ceased to flow, and her sighs became fainter and
fainter. In two days' time she regained her appetite, signs which
Frau Brohl noticed, and quickly imparted to Paul. At their first
meeting he showed a little anxiety, and she, a good deal of
constraint, but that soon passed off, and as they were constantly
together, she found a great deal of pleasure in his manly good looks
and honorable qualities. Beside, it was spring! the sun shone, the
sky was blue, her room was full of the fragrance of flowers, which
Paul brought every day with the regularity of a postman, and
fourteen days later they were engaged, and his first kiss was given
in the presence of her grandmother, mother, and Paul's parents.
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