"I don't believe there is another pure soul like hers in the world. Why, she finds something pure hidden even in a man like Landolin. Our Madame Pfann is a woman such as they had in the time of the Apostles."
"Bravo!" cried the doctor, "I have seen a rare wonder: one woman unreservedly praising another."
"Yes; who can know the judge's wife and not praise her? But she seeks neither praise nor thanks from anybody."
"She needs none. He to whom nature has given the blessing of such a good heart is the possessor of all human good."
The telegraph messenger came into the garden, and handed the physician a dispatch.
"I've got it now," cried the physician, when he had read it. "When does the next express train leave?"
"In seven minutes."
The physician explained to her that the defendant had called for his oral opinion. He left word for his wife that he was called away, and hastened to the station, where he met Thoma, just coming in.
"Are you going too?" asked he.
"No; I just want to send word to my brother to telegraph me the decision as soon as it is announced."