‘Was die Stille nicht wirkt, wirket die Rauschende nie!’”
She shook her head in the negative.
“This part of your education has been much neglected.”
“I will not deny it.”
“But it is not yet too late. Will you listen to my advice?”
“Not now; I have already stayed too long here, and—and—you stay at the Castle——”
“As long as you will keep me, Francis.”
“Well, stay as long as you can—that is, if you can fall in with our ways. I am going out for a ride; I need fresh air and movement.”
“Apropos the service you came to ask of me—the strap?”
“Oh, I shall pluck a switch. The Captain came to offer me a whip, and——”