Awakened by the sound of his native tongue, he recognized me immediately.
'On your way to your father ?' he said, as he shook my hand.
I thought it amazing he should guess that in Germany.
'Do you know where he is, sir ?' I asked.
'We saw him,' replied the colonel; 'when was it, Clara?
A week or ten days ago.' 'Yes,' said Miss Goodwin; 'we will talk of that by-and-by.' And she overflowed with comments on my personal appearance, and plied me with questions, but would answer none of mine.
I fetched Temple into the box to introduce him.

We were introduced in turn to Captain Malet, the gentleman who had accosted me below.
'You understand German, then ?' said Miss Goodwin.
She stared at hearing that we knew only the word ja, for it made our presence in Germany unaccountable.
'The most dangerous word of all,' said Colonel Goodwin, and begged us always to repeat after it the negative nein for an antidote.
'You have both seen my father ?' I whispered to Miss Goodwin; 'both?
We have been separated.

Do tell me everything.

Don't look at the stage-they speak such nonsense.

How did you remember me?
How happy I am to have met you! Oh! I haven't forgotten the gondolas and the striped posts, and stali and the other word; but soon after we were separated, and I haven't seen him since.' She touched her father's arm.
'At once, if you like,' said he, jumping up erect.
'In Germany was it ?' I persisted.
She nodded gravely and leaned softly on my arm while we marched out of the theatre to her hotel--I in such a state of happiness underlying bewilderment and strong expectation that I should have cried out loud had not pride in my partner restrained me.