Then he began making a little calculation: Four hours there and four hours back, that makes eight hours; it is now two o'clock, he'll be here at ten.

No doubt he thought I was angry and sent Kutyfalvi on before.

It was very nice of him to show me such respect.

Well, I'll not be behindhand in expressing my regret for my hastiness--asking his pardon; and from henceforth we will be good friends and kinsmen, and I shall be able to rest in the Lord with an easy conscience.
"Look ye, my friends!" he cried, turning at last to those standing around him, in the exuberance of his frank delight, "this will be the commemoration of a double festival, inasmuch as on this day the two last surviving male members of the Karpathy family, after a long estrangement, will extend to each other the right hand of fellowship, in token of complete reconciliation." Meanwhile the heydukes had begun carrying round _szilvorium_ and _oeszibaraczk_ liqueur, ten years old, with wheat-bread sippets, which signified that dinner-time was drawing near, and it became every one to have a good appetite.

Half an hour later the bell rang, which told that dinner was actually on the table.