"You find me in a different mood from that of last night. Then I was thinking mainly of Gareth and a little only for myself. Now I am thinking only of myself."
"You saved me from a terrible mistake last night."
"To which you had been tempted by the man who has wronged your child. I sent Count Karl away with you that you might see how deeply you had wronged him in your suspicions."
"I saw that—afterwards; and saw, too, why you knew he was innocent. He speaks of little else but you."
"Count Karl knows the road which duty compels him to take, and he will follow it to the end. He is a changed man."
The Colonel looked at me earnestly for a moment, his expression inscrutable. Then he nodded.
"Yes, he is a changed man; thanks to your influence—only that."
"The cause is of no consequence; it is only the fact that matters."
"You are very strong—for such a child."
"I have a strong purpose, Colonel Katona. I am going to be true to that purpose now with you."