Der ihr in den Weg gelaufen;
Der Jüngling ist übel dran.
“Es ist eine alte Geschichte,
Doch bleibt sie immer neu;
Und wem sie just passieret,
Dem bricht das Herz entzwei——”
“Good heavens!” laughed Flossie. “Come, you go in, Mr. Van Kull.”
“I can tell more of this man’s past than his future,” said the voice.
“There has been a voyage across the water—perhaps to Brighton, or to Cannes. And there is a fair maiden and a dark maiden; and both have had but little influence on his life. And there is to be another yet, I see——”
“There, there,” interfered Flossie, “if you make poor Van such a Don Juan, we shall have to send him home again, in our own protection. Mrs. Hay, you go in.”