This child disconcerted him, but there was something delightful in her artless manner which quite charmed him. There he stood, helpless and speechless, as though he were waiting for something. Was it the reward he wanted? The silence was getting painful, and the position awkward. At last the girl saw that the young man did not move, so she broke the silence.
"Oh dear! I had nearly forgotten in my delight that I had offered ... I mean ... how am I to say it?"
It now occurred to Gyuri that she was offering him the reward, so he thought it time to make known his name.
"I am Dr. Wibra," he said, "from Besztercebánya."
"Oh, how lucky!" exclaimed the girl, clapping her hands gleefully. "We are just in want of a doctor for poor madame."
This little misunderstanding was just what was wanted. Gyuri smiled.
"I am very sorry, my dear young lady; I am not a doctor of medicine, but a doctor of law."
The young girl looked disappointed at this announcement, and blushed a little at her mistake; but Mravucsán was quite excited.
"What's that I hear? You are young Wibra, the noted lawyer? Well, that is nice! Who would have thought it? Now I understand. Of course, you are here to try and find out particulars about one of your cases. I might have thought of it when I met you at Mrs. Müncz's. Of course a gentleman like you must have some special reason for buying an old umbrella. Well, the fates must have sent you here now, for we are discussing such a very difficult question in the next room, that our minds are too small for it. How strange, Miss Veronica, that your earring should be found by such a renowned lawyer."
Veronica stole a look at the "renowned lawyer," and noticed for the first time how handsome he was, and how gentlemanly, and her heart began to beat at the thought that she had nearly offered him the five florins reward.