But be kinder to him; think what his fate has been, tossed about among strangers; think how he has grown up without affection, without a home; spoiled in many ways, but still with a high sense of honor, an abhorrence of all that is little.

Trust me, and be kinder to him." "He shall stay," said the merchant; "but besides, my darling, there is another whom we should seek to guard from his influence." "Wohlfart!" cried Sabine, cheerfully; "oh, I will answer for him." "You undertake a good deal.

So he, too, is a favorite ?" "He is tender-hearted and honorable, and devoted to you; and he has plenty of spirit too.

Trust him, he will be a match for Fink.

I happened to meet him at the time that Fink had insulted him, and I have given him a place in my heart ever since." "How does this heart find room for every thing ?" cried the merchant, playfully; "above and beyond all, the great store-room, the oaken presses of our grandmother, and the piles of white linen; then, in a side-chamber apart, your strict brother; then--" "Then all the others in the ante-chamber," broke in Sabine.
Meanwhile Fink entered Anton's room, humming a tune, little suspecting the storm in the front part of the house, and, truth to tell, little caring what they thought about him there.