"When our house witnessed the sad event that spread a widow's veil over my bridal wreath, our whole family was terribly wrought up.

My brothers swore to kill the man wherever they found him,--all but Manasseh.

Nor did I seek to allay their wrath, knowing but too well that it was justified.

But I also knew that they would never go forth into the world to hunt him down.

To the people of Toroczko it is an immense undertaking to go even beyond the borders of Transylvania, and, as a general rule, no power on earth could drag one of them to Vienna or Rome.