You will do the best you can for Gretchen, won't you ?" "Yes, my dear madam, and for every one.

I try to make every one true to the best that is in them.

I am glad to have Gretchen for a scholar.

I will speak to her by and by." How strange was the scene to Gretchen! She remembered the winding Rhine, with its green hills and terraced vineyards and broken-walled castles; Basel and the singing of the student clubs in the gardens on summer evenings; the mountain-like church at Strasburg; and the old streets of Mayence.

She recalled the legends and music of the river of song--a river that she had once thought to be the most beautiful on earth.