"I'll consider nothing," said Anna, turning to him quickly.
"—should consider the demands of justice——"
"First the demands of humanity," said Anna, her back to him.
"Noble," murmured Manske.
"The gracious Miss's sentiments invariably do credit to her heart," said Dellwig, bowing profoundly.
"But not to her head, he thinks," said Anna to Axel in English, faintly smiling.
"Don't talk to him," Axel replied in a low voice; "the man so palpably hates us both. You must go home. Where is your carriage? Princess, take her home."
"Ach, Herr Dellwig, seien Sie so freundlich——" began the princess mellifluously; and despatched him in search of Fritz.
When they reached Kleinwalde, silent, wornout, and only desiring to creep upstairs and into their beds, they were met by Frau von Treumann and the baroness, who both wore injured and disapproving faces. Letty slipped up to her room at once, afraid of criticisms of her hairlessness.
"We have waited for you all night, Anna," said Frau von Treumann in an aggrieved voice.