"That was my father, whose maltreatment you so promptly but I fear so severely chastised.

But your name ?" impatiently.
"I am a student of Wilna University, traveling according to custom of the college, through Germany and to make the Italian Art Tour.

I am Claudius Ruprecht." "Not noble ?" she inquired, sadly, on hearing two Christian names and none of family, for her people treasure the pride of ancestry.
"I am an orphan.

I never knew my family.

Perhaps, as I am of age, I shall soon be informed.