"Yet you will visit us several times, while we are here?"
"No."
"Heaven be praised that once I hear a 'no' from you! That heap of yes's began already to make me nervous. Then you too are among his opponents?"
"Yes."
Meantime they had reached the gate of Sárvölgyi's house. Here Lorand stopped and would proceed no further.
Madame Bálnokházy clasped Melanie's hand that she might not go in front.
"Well, my dear Lorand, and are you not going to take leave of us even?"
Lorand gazed at Melanie, who did not even raise her eyes.
"Good-bye, Madame," said Lorand briefly. He raised his hat and was gone.
Madame Bálnokházy cast one glance after him with those beautiful expressive eyes.—Those beautiful expressive eyes just then were full to the brim of relentless hatred.