Short Stories From Austria- Ferdinand Von Saar by Ferdinand Ludwig Adam

Author:Ferdinand Ludwig Adam [Adam, Ferdinand Ludwig]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-07T05:00:00+00:00

III.

In what excitement I met the fourth afternoon of the afternoon on the following day, one thinks; I counted the minutes, making sense of how endless such a minimal period of time might appear. And, as is already the case in similar cases, my feverish impatience faced obstacles in the last hour, quite unforeseen duties of service, which almost brought me to the rendezvous. Nevertheless, I managed to come off just before four o'clock, and almost always on the way to make.

The weather had indeed started very favorably. The most beautiful February sun shone down from the blue sky and created a true spring day, even if the landscape still had its entire winter bleakness.

From afar I saw the slender figure of Ginevra walking up and down between the designated rows of trees. She, too, immediately took notice of me and beckoned to me in greeting with the fan, which she had taken with her instead of a parasol. She wore her cloak lightly around her shoulders, and the black veil loosely wreathed her blond head.

'So you came,' she said with a smile as I finally stood breathless and heated in front of her. 'I had already begun to doubt a little.'

I was quick to apologize for the reasons for the delay, but she interrupted me. That does not matter. They are here now - and as far as I'm concerned, I would have waited much longer. I also have good news to tell you: my mother wants to receive you. '

,How fortunate!' I exclaimed.

'I foresaw it,' she went on quietly. 'Cause I know my mother and know that she does not refuse me any wish. But you must not believe that I am a spoiled child. The good meets my wishes, because I rarely have one - or at least speak out. If this happens, then she is also convinced that it is a sincere and well thought-out, on which I insist, if necessary. So when I told her about our meeting at yesterday's Balle, she merely said: if he thinks he is right, he may come. - And you mean it right? ' she added, looking me full and deep in the eye.

I confess that this question affected me somewhat. For I felt that something serious, solemnly binding had approached me, for which I had not been prepared. But already I had bent over the narrow hand, which stretched out to me trustingly, and kissed her with silent protestation.

'I did not doubt it,' she said in a firm tone. “The officers, though we are girls, are not in any special calling. But I think it's a prejudice that, like many others, is thoughtlessly reiterated. After all, I had proof to my father that honor is above all else in your class. - But come now; my mother is waiting for you. It is still very nice out here; but the day is drawing to a close, and in the dark you shall not enter our house. '

So we walked to the small dwellings that lay in the distance in front of us.

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