Did Karl tell you of it ?" "Karl did not tell me," she responded, "and I never heard any one speak the name.

The name fits you so well--by contraries--that it came to me, perhaps, by inspiration." "That hardly seems possible," returned Max, "and your knowledge of how I received the ring is more than remarkable." "Let us talk about my face," said the girl, full of the spirit of mischief, and wishing to put off the discussion of the ring.

"Now, my eyes, of which Sir Karl spoke so kindly, are--" "The most wonderful in the world," interrupted Max.

"They are brilliant as priceless jewels, fathomless as deep water, gentle and tender as--" "There, there, Little Max," she cried, checking with a gesture his flow of unexpected eloquence.

"I declare! you are not so slow as you seem.