There was not even any necessity for using any particular charm or seduction, the young woman was so avid of pleasure, that she was pretty sure to show favour to any one.

She herself would be his best ally.
With such ideas in his head, he prepared, on the following day, for his journey.

Flora was as kind, as tender as ever as she parted from him, and it was impossible to suspect her of any pretence.
Rudolf whispered lovingly in her ear, "Come now, shall there be an end to our warfare ?" "I require an unconditional surrender," said Flora, with an unappeasable smile.
"Good! there shall be an end to it when I return, but then I shall _dictate_ peace." Flora shook her pretty head dubiously, and kissed her husband again and again; and when he was actually sitting in the coach, she ran after him to kiss him once more, and then went out on the balcony and followed him with her eyes, whilst Rudolf leaned out of the coach, and so they kept on bidding each other adieu with hat and handkerchief till the coach was out of sight.
And thus an honest husband quitted his house with the fixed resolve to deceive another man's wife, simply in order that he might thereby win back his own.
If only he had known what he was doing! * * * * * Since the day of the installation, the Karpathys had been residing at their castle at Madaras.

Old Karpathy had yielded to his wife's wishes in that respect.

She had begged that they might live there for a short time, although it was by no means so pleasantly situated as Karpatfalva.
Fanny wished, in fact, to be far away from Szentirma, and had no longer the slightest desire to go to Pest since hearing from Kecskerey that the Szentirmays intended living there during the winter.
Squire John and his wife were just then walking in the newly-laid-out English garden.