Under a Charm: A Novel. Vol. II

Transcriber's Note: 1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=eN0BAAAAQAAJ&pg 2. Compare this to the American edition: Vineta, The Phantom City, by E. Werner and translated by Frances A. Shaw.
At an early hour on the following morning the Castle guests, most of whom had spent the night beneath its roof, took their departure; only Count Morynski and his daughter remained at Wilicza. As the young proprietor's arrival had surprised them there, courtesy required that they should address to him some words of greeting before leaving his house; the Count, however, considered that, in the utter absence of all intimacy between himself and his nephew, he would be acting with propriety in leaving the latter exclusively to his mother for the first few hours succeeding their meeting, and Wanda was even less eager to assert the claims of relationship.
The Princess was alone with her two sons. She sat in her accustomed place in the green drawing-room, with Waldemar opposite her, and Leo standing by his brother's chair--to all appearances a peaceful, united family group.
No, Waldemar, I really cannot forgive you for this, said the lady, in reproachful tones. To stop at the steward's! As though your castle were not at your command at any instant of the day! as though it would not have been a pleasure to me to introduce you to my guests! I am almost tempted to look on what you term a mark of consideration for me as something quite the contrary. I really cannot let your fear of causing a disturbance serve you as a pretext.
Well, let my disinclination to come into a crowd of strangers the moment I arrived serve me as such, then, replied Waldemar. I really was not in the humour for it.
Have you still the old antipathy to everything like society? In that case we shall have to narrow our connections here at Wilicza.
Not on my account, I hope. I beg of you not to think of me in the matter--only you must excuse me if I do not put in a very frequent appearance in your salon . I have, it is true, learned to submit to the exigencies of society when there is no avoiding them, but they are still troublesome to me.