"You oughtn't to have," said Anna wearily.
"We could not suppose that you were really looking at the fire all this time," said the baroness.
"And we were anxious," said Frau von Treumann. "My dear, you should not make us anxious."
"You might have left word, or taken us with you," said the baroness.
"We are quite as much interested in Herr von Lohm as Letty or Princess Ludwig can be," said Frau von Treumann.
"Nobody could tell us here for certain whether you had really gone there or not."
"Nor could anybody give us any information as to the extent of the disaster."
"We presumed the princess was with you, but even that was not certain."
"My dear baroness," murmured the princess, untying her shawl, "only you would have had a doubt of it."
"The reflection in the sky faded hours ago," said Frau vein Treumann.