Manasseh seems to have been recognised by the family as the gifted one,--his brothers are nothing more than honest and intelligent Szeklers,--and for his education and advancement in the world all worked in unison.

When he was only twenty years old this young genius became a candidate for the council.

In Transylvania it is the custom to make the higher government appointments from all four of the recognised religious sects,--Roman Catholic, Calvinist, Lutheran, and Unitarian.

From that time dates our mutual hostility." "Then you are enemies, after all." "In politics, yes.

However, I must not bore you ladies with political questions.