Margari protested that he should consider it the highest honour, the greatest joy.

He would willingly read even English to her, if she liked, and without any special honorarium either, and then off he went to seek young Koloman.
Now it so happened that young Koloman did not come home at the usual time that day, and Margari after looking for him in vain became very curious as to the contents of the packet entrusted to him.

What sort of mysterious letters could they be which Miss Henrietta was afraid of falling into the hands of her family.

Hum! how nice it would be to find out! The packet was tied up--naturally! But it was possible to undo and then retie the knots in just the same way as before, so that nobody would be any the wiser.

To an honourable man, indeed, the mere knowledge that another's secret was concealed therein which he was bidden to guard would have been as invincible an impediment as unbreakable bolts and bars; but the worthy fellow reassured himself with the reflection that, after all, he was not going to tell anybody the contents of these documents, and he so very much longed to know what it could be that Miss Henrietta was so anxious to hide away, and old Lapussa would so much like to find out.