Since Leonore had come into our midst, the brothers fought much more seldom, and everybody who knew Bruno well could see that he tried to suppress his outbursts of rage in her presence.

Once Leonore had become pale with fright when she had been obliged to witness such a scene, and Bruno had not forgotten it.

Four years had passed for us in cloudless sunshine when a great change took place.

The young barons left the castle in order to attend a university in Germany, and Philip also left for an agricultural school.

So we only saw the brothers once a year, during their brief holidays in the summer.