Mr.
Demetrius, later on called Mr.Trius by everybody, came back a few years ago to the deserted castle.

Apollonie had meanwhile lost her husband, had closed up all the rooms at the castle, and had gone to live again in the former gardener's cottage, where she is living now.

From the time when he reappeared till to-day, Mr.Trius has led a solitary life and sees no one except Apollonie, and her only when he is in need of her.
However hard Apollonie tried to make him tell about his master, he would not do it.

You know now about my happy life in Wildenstein and will be able to understand the reason why I moved here again after the death of your father.

Another inducement was that our dear Rector, an erstwhile friend of my father's, promised to give Bruno instruction which he could not get at a country school, so that I was able to keep him at home longer, you see.