The Opposite House: A Novel — page 123: what you’re looking at

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118 The Oppostte House. scarcely forty-eight hours, and this is the second time I have left the house. So we are now to carry on the business upon a somewhat grander scale.” “At any rate we must first whet Gerrald’s appe- tite at the Kurhaus. Then he willafterward prefer to play secretly on account of the baroness, and, when the lion has once tasted blood, I should like to see the magician who can restrain a passion like that of the handsome Prince of the Mills! Ha! ha! ha!” “And are you still of the opinion that we must sail westward °” “When we have enough—unquestionably,” re- plied Brand, with an unpleasant degree of confi- dence. “ Do you imagine I willremain here longer under the noses of the police ?” “ And Heloise, what will become of her?’ asked Wikke, with a sensation of some slight discomfort. “Heloise? She’ll soon dance the lost ducats to- gether. A few evenings, a new admirer, and her gems will be replaced. Sze is my least anxiety. She is pretty, clever, and can also be very enter- taining. Besides, in case of necessity she will make some wealthy suitor happy with her hand.” Wikke made no reply. Both turned into the nearest side-path. Before them lay the little lake, whose mirror-like surface extended in the rear of CoOMmicboOoks.c©