“He is living with us; he boards with mamma this winter.”
“So! Can he speak German?”
“Oh, yes, very well.”
“Introduce him; I should like to know him.”
“I cannot.”
“You cannot! Why I could have introduced Theodor to all the world, and have ordered him about everywhere. Beckon, or call him over, like a dear.”
“Not for worlds!”
“I do believe you are afraid of him!”
“Afraid of him! What an idea!” said Crescenz, laughing faintly.
“Yes, afraid of him,” persisted her friend; “and yet he is not at all a person to inspire terror.”