Chapter 22 No.22

Frau von Sigmundskron was somewhat surprised when she saw Greif enter the room without Hilda. Greif went up to her with the determination of a man who means to lose no time in getting through an unpleasant business.

'Aunt Therese,' he said-he called his father's cousin 'aunt,' after the German manner-'I told Hilda that I wanted to speak with you