“Yes.”
“And he is certainly handsome? Even you must allow that?”
Hildegarde was spared the answer, for Madame Rosenberg entered the room, and having discovered that the tip of Crescenz’s little nose was red, immediately declared it was from want of exercise, and sent both sisters to play at battledore and shuttlecock in the nursery with their brothers.
She then despatched a messenger to Hamilton which caused his immediate return to her house.
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE SLEDGE.
Hamilton’s sledge was the subject of discussion the very first evening of his return—he of course proposed their making use of it, and assured Madame Rosenberg that she might trust herself and her daughters to his care without fear.
“Oh, dear,—I’m sure I should not be in the least afraid,” cried Crescenz.
“And yet you are the greatest coward in the house,” said her mother. “I am sure you will scream so often that Mr. Hamilton will refuse to take you a second time.”
“Allow me to observe,” said Major Stultz, his face increasing in redness as he spoke—“and I conceive I have some right to give an opinion on the subject—that I totally disapprove of Crescenz’s going out in Mr. Hamilton’s sledge.”