31/62 Your nationality in a matter of indifference to me. I only consider the man," and she gave him a look that sent the blood flaming to his cheek. In the heat of their conversation, however, they did not notice the signal. A lady's maid whom Wilhelm had often seen at the hotel--a middle-aged, female dragoon with a mustache and a very stiff and dignified deportment--now came up to the lady and said: "Madame la Comtesse did not hear the dinner bell ?" She rose and took Wilhelm's arm without further ado. The maid followed with the rug and the camp stool. |