Father has no son to help him, as uncle Karil has--and old Trendellsohn." "You may help him better than any son." "I will help him if I can.

Will you and uncle give up those papers which you have kept since father left them with uncle Karil, just that they might be safe ?" This question Ziska would not answer at once.

The matter was one on which he wished to negotiate, and he was driven to the necessity of considering what might be the best line for his diplomacy.

"I am sure, Ziska," continued Nina, "you will understand why I ask this.

Father is too weak to make the demand, and uncle would listen to nothing that Anton Trendellsohn would say to him." "They say that you have betrothed yourself to this Jew, Nina." "It is true.