And I don't mind also telling you that she came up the hill last night to ferret me out." Step by step Manella drew nearer, her eyes blazing.
"She went to see you ?--She did THAT!--In the darkness ?--like a thief or a serpent!" He laughed aloud.
"No thief and no serpent in it!" he said--"And no darkness, but in the full light of the moon! Such a moon it was, too! A regular stage moon! A perfect setting for such an actress, in her white gown and her rope of gold hair! Yes--it was very well planned!--effective in its way, though it left me cold!" "Ah, but it did NOT leave you cold!" cried Manella; "Else you would not have come down to see her to-day! You say she went 'to ferret you out'-- " "Of course she did"-- he interrupted her--"She would ferret out any man she wanted for the moment.

Forests could not hide him,--caves could not cover him if she made up her mind to find him.

I had hoped she would not find ME--but she has--however,--you say she has gone--" The colour had fled from Manella's face,--she was pale and rigid.
"She will come back," she said stiffly.
"I hope not!" And he threw himself carelessly down on the turf to rest--"Come and sit beside me here and tell me what she said to you!" But Manella was silent.

Her dark, passionate eyes rested upon him with a world of scorn and sorrow in their glowing depths.
"Come!" he repeated--"Don't stare at me as if I were some new sort of reptile!" "I think you are!" she said, coldly--"You seem to be a man, but you have not the feelings of a man!" "Oh, have I not!" and he gave a light gesture of indifference--"I have the feelings of a modern man,--the 'Kultur' of a perfect super-German! Yes, that is so! Sentiment is the mere fly-trap of sensuality--the feeler thrust out to scent the prey, but once the fly is caught, the trap closes.

Do you understand?
No, of course you don't! You are a dreadfully primitive woman!" "I did not think you were German," she said.
"Nor did I!" and he laughed--"Nor am I.I said just now that I had the 'Kultur' of a super-German--and a super-German means something above every other male creature except himself.