"
"Count Lynar is, then, to leave us?" quickly asked the prince, in an
evidently more friendly tone.
"Yes," said Anna, "he leaves us for some weeks to visit the estate in
Liefland which I have given to Julia as a bridal present, and to make
there the necessary preparations for the proper reception of his wife."
Julia clasped the hands of her mistress, and bathed them with tears of
joy and gratitude.
"Anna," whispered Prince Ulrich, "I did you wrong. Pardon me."
Anna coldly responded: "I will pardon you if you will be generous enough
to allow me a little repose."
The prince silently and respectfully withdrew.
Anna finally, left alone with her lover and her favorite, sank exhausted
upon a divan.
"Close the doors, Julia, that no one may surprise us," she faintly
murmured. "I will take leave. Oh, I would be left for at least a quarter
of an hour undisturbed in my unhappiness."
"Then it is quite true that you intend to drive me away?" asked Count
Lynar, kneeling and clasping her hands. "You are determined to send me
into banishment?"
Anna gave him a glance of tenderness.
"No," said she, "I will send myself into banishment, for I shall not
see you dearest.
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