Had the scheme implied a postponement of their marriage, he would still have declared himself for it, for he unerringly felt for her in this; he knew intuitively what delicious beckoning this held for her.
"Yes, yes," he repeated, "I must have you do that, Sylvia.

I don't care what Hermann wants or what you want.

I want it." "Yes, but who's to do the playing and the singing ?" asked Hermann.
"Isn't it a question, perhaps, for--" Michael felt quite secure about the feelings of the other two, and rudely interrupted.
"No," he said.

"It's a question for me.

When the Fatherland hears that I am there it will no doubt ask me to play and sing instead of you two.
Lord! Fancy marrying into such a distinguished family.