You were always a good, faithful fellow, and I am sincerely attached to you.

But have I even the slightest knowledge of what you obtained abroad or what awaits you here ?" "Wawerl!" he interrupted reproachfully.

"Would I as an honest man seek your hand if I had not made money enough to support a wife whose expectations were not too extravagant?
You can not reasonably doubt that, and now, when the most sacred of bonds is in question, it ought--" "It ought, you think, to satisfy me ?" she interrupted with confident superiority.

"But one of two things must follow this sacred bond-happiness or misery in the earthly life which is entered from the church steps.

I am tired of the miserable starving and struggling, my dear Wolf.