"I would have treated you still more harshly.

Only you would have spared yourself many a sharp word had you confessed at once that it was I who summoned you here.

I'll talk with you tomorrow, and am I not right, Jungfrau Elsyou won't make him suffer for losing the wager, but exercise your domestic authority after a more gentle fashion ?" While speaking, she looked at Els with a glance so full of meaning that the young girl's cheeks crimsoned, and the longing to put an end to this deceitful game became almost uncontrollable.

The thought of Eva alone sealed her lips..