Do you know the doctor ?" "A little, by sight." "Oh, then go to him, sir, for the young lady's sake," cried the old man earnestly.

"It is in your power to save a human life, a beautiful young life." The steward's eyes glittered with tears.

As Wilhelm laid his hand on his arm, saying kindly: "I will try," the fencing-master called: "Your council is lasting too long for me.

I'll come another time." "No, Meister, come up a minute, This gentleman is here on account of a poor sick girl.

The poor, helpless creature is now lying without any care, for her aunt, old Fraulein Van Hoogstraten, has driven Doctor de Bont from her bed because he is a Calvinist." "From the sick girl's bed ?" "It's abominable enough, but the old lady is now ill herself." "Bravo, bravo!" cried the fencing-master, clapping his hands.