The Price He Paid — page 222: what you’re looking at

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A VACATION IN THE CAPITAL. 213 not among the crowds assembled, but in the air. He counted on the blind panic which would ensue when it was found that recourse would be had to arms, and he was not deceived in his reckoning. The first discharge produced boundless fear and confusion, which were still further increased by the gathering darkness. None had sufficient calm and self-possession to note what had really happened. A wild tumult arose, but there was no attempt at ” the resistance which had been expected and feared. ‘Authority had once more triumphed, and the gover- nor still preserved the upper hand. On the morning following his interview with Rudolph Brunnow, the baron paid a visit to his sis- ter-in-law’s apartments. Madame von MHarder’s cold had been attended with serious consequences. She was ul, or, at least, declared herself to be so, ahh since her return to town had hardly left her ed. The baroness was lying: on the sofa in the pose of a languid invalid, when her brother-in-law entered. He took no notice of Gabrielle, who was in the room, but went straight up to her mother, and asked, in the cold indifferent tone of one who is using a mere formula, how she felt that morning. “Oh, I have gone through so much during all these terrible days,” sighed the baroness. “I feel very illindeed. The excitement and horror of that dreadful evening when they threatened to storm the castle was too much for me.” “T expressly sent you word that every precaution had been taken to insure the safety of the castle,” said Raven,impatiently. “You never would have been in danger, in any case. The popular demon- stration was aimed at me, and me alone.” “But the noise, the advance of the troops, the firing in the town!” complained the lady. “It all had the most terrible effect on my nerves. How I wish I had complied with Colonel Wilten’s wish, and had remained a few days longer in the country. But, indeed, as things now stand, that would be out of the question. Gabrielle is torturing me to death with her willfulness and obstinacy. She declares Eomichboo <S (E(0)