How fat he is! and what a wonderful pipe he carries--almost as fat as himself!" Alas for Mr.Engelman! I could not resist saying a word in his favor--she spoke of him with such cruelly sincere contempt.
"Though he only saw you for a moment," I said, "he is your ardent admirer already." "Is he indeed ?" She was so utterly indifferent to Mr.Engelman's admiration that she could hardly take the trouble to make that commonplace reply.

The next moment she dismissed the subject.

"So you have written to Fritz ?" she went on.

"Have you also written to your aunt ?" "Yes, by the same post." "Mainly on business, no doubt?
Is it indiscreet to ask if you slipped in a little word about the hopes that I associate with Mrs.Wagner's arrival at Frankfort ?" This seemed to give me a good opportunity of moderating her "hopes," in mercy to her daughter and to herself.
"I thought it undesirable to mention the subject--for the present, at least," I answered.

"There is a serious difference of opinion between Mrs.Wagner and Mr.Keller, on a subject connected with the management of the office here.