“It will do no good to quarrel,” he said. “What is to be done? Do let us try to be practical.”
“The man who can tell you what it means is Bremenhof.”
“Of course you will go with your mother, Paul?” said Ladislas.
“I see no object to be gained.”
“Better ask Miss Drakona,” I suggested, drily.
“Your tone is very singular, sir,” declared Paul angrily.
“Far less singular than your unreasoning hostility to me, in which you appear to echo your sister’s prejudice.”
“Robert!” protested Ladislas.
“You are not here by our wish,” cried Paul.
Madame Drakona came in then, and I saw that Katinka had made no preparations to go with the mother.