The thought that this wondrously beautiful damsel was ready to take him for a husband, made him positively love her.

Mr.Boltay was obliged to call his attention to the fact that the marriage must be preceded by sundry legal and other formalities, which the magnate, despite the fact of his being a member of the legislature, had clean forgotten, though this only shows how completely he was carried away by the idea of his own wedding.

Karpathy, therefore, had to content himself with requesting his future father-in-law--who, by the way, was a good score of years younger than himself--to keep the whole affair a profound secret in the meantime, as he had his own peculiar reasons for so doing.

Boltay promised, and only after the magnate's departure, did he recollect that Teresa and Fanny had demanded a similar promise of secrecy, so he told Teresa of the coincidence.
This circumstance confirmed Teresa's suspicions.

If it was for the interest of both parties to keep the matter secret till the wedding-day, Mrs.Meyer could not possibly know anything about it, and therefore she must have another reason for coming here, for that she had a reason Teresa felt quite certain.
It was only natural too, under the circumstances, that a certain estrangement should gradually arise between Teresa and Fanny.