Frau Ellrich enjoyed nothing better than walking on the arm of this handsome young man up and down the wooded slopes, as till now she had been obliged to go without such escort.

Herr Ellrich liked to take his holiday in a different way from the ladies.

If he felt obliged to take exercise he would borrow the landlord's gun and dogs and shoot.

At other times he would lie down anywhere on a plaid on the grass, smoke a cigar, and read foreign papers like the Times from beginning to end.

The afternoon was taken up by a nap, and in the evening he would be ready to hear an account of how his family had spent the day--perhaps in a long carriage excursion through the neighboring valleys.
Frau Ellrich was in the habit of appearing at the first table d'hote, and then doing homage to the peaceful custom of afternoon sleep.