"For Heaven's sake," cried he, "let us know something more about your friend! let us see this lady in disguise! We are now partakers of your secret: we will promise, we will swear; only let us see the lady!"
"What a fire he is in!" cried Philina: "but be cool, be calm; for to-day there will nothing come of it."
"Let us only know her name!" cried Wilhelm.
"It were a fine secret, then," replied Philina.
"At least her first name!"
"If you can guess it, be it so. Three guesses I will give you,—not a fourth. You might lead me through the whole calendar."
"Well!" said Wilhelm: "Cecilia, then?"
"Henrietta?"
"Not at all! Have a care, I pray you: guess better, or your curiosity will have to sleep unsatisfied."