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GABRIELLE DEFENDS HER POSITION, 125 the regulation pace; but, inwardly, her spirit re- volted against:this Dr. Brunnow. The councilor had related to his daughter the story of Brunnow’s father’s crimes, painting them in the blackest colors. She was altogether of his opinion that both Brun- nows, father and son, were to be held in abhorrence; at the same time, she resolved to pay a visit to the sick woman on the morrow. It was obviously her duty to counteract, so far as in her lay, the in- fluence of this doctor, who might, possibly, cure his patients, restoring them to bodily health, but who, while so doing, endangered their soul’s salvation by declaring all spiritual consolation to be quite “superfiuous.” CHAPTER IX. GABRIELLE DEFENDS HER POSITION. Baroness von Harder and the governor were closet- ed in solemn conclave. In the course of their inter- view Raven had made his sister-in-law fully aware of the relations existing between Gabrielle and <As- sessor Winterfeld, and the baroness was almost. be- side herself with anger and indignation on hearing the news. She had really not had the slightest sus- picion of how matters stood. It had never occurred to her that the young plebeian, fortuneless assessor could raise his eyes to her daughter, much less that the girl could encourage so unsuitable an affection. Raven listened some time in somber silence, but at length he cut short the exasperated lady’s flow of words. “Hnough of these lamentations, Matilda. They will not alter the past by one jot. You, of all people, have the least right to lose your temper over this business, for the mischief occurred under your very eyes. The fact that it went so far as a declaration, that the two ever came to an understanding, argues a most unpardonable negligence on your part. Some steps must now be taken in the matter, and this is the point I wish to discuss with you.” “Ah, what a comfort it is that Ihave you at my Eomichooks:co