At his first meeting with Malvine Marker he had thought that she was the wife for him, and since he had become friendly with her and her circle, he said to himself, "This one and no other." The three ladies liked him immensely.

Frau Brohl took him at once to her heart, and that was the chief consideration.

His appearance made a good impression on her.

He was strongly built, not too thin, in fact, showing signs of a respectable probable stoutness in later life; his face was full, and his complexion healthy, his mustache carefully trimmed, and his hair closely cropped; he certainly dressed well.

The young men of her former rich acquaintances were of the same type, so also was the late F.A.Brohl when she first met him.