Just then music was heard from the garden.
"What is that?" he said, standing up.
Oswald went to the window.
"It is the whole company," he said; "they are just coming out from among the trees. Count Grieben and your aunt are at the head of the procession. They were going to pass right under our window, but the baron, who came next to Count Grieben, is telling them to take the other way. The first couples are out of sight now, but more and more couples are coming out."
"Has Helen come by yet?" asked Bruno, raising himself.
"No, not yet."
"Oh, why must I be in bed!" cried Bruno, sinking back exhausted by the effort and the increased pain.
"There she is now!"
"Not with Felix, I hope?"
"No, with a young man I have never seen before."