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nce of all this was told me by him one day at a probe, where Eugen had been conspicuous by his absence. Perhaps the circumstance reminded Karl of some previous conversation, for he said: "She must have seen Courvoisier before somewhere. She asks a good many questions about him, and when I said I knew him she laughed." "Look here, Karl, don't go talking to outsiders about Eugen--or any of us. His affairs are no business of Fraeulein Sartorius, or any other busybody." "I talk about him! What do you mean? Upon my word I don't know how the conversation took that turn; but I am sure she knows something about him. She said 'Eugen Courvoisier indeed!' and laughed in a very peculiar way." "She is a fool. So are you if you let her talk to you about him." "She is no fool, and I want to talk to no one but my own _Maedchen_," said he, easily; "but when a woman is talking one can't stop one's ears." Time passed. The concert with the Choral Symphony followed. Karl had had the happiness of presenting tickets to Fraeulein Clara and her aunt, and of seeing them, in company with Miss Sartorius, enjoying looking at the dresses, and saying how loud the music was. His visits to Frau Steinmann continued. "Friedel," he remarked abruptly one day to me, as we paced down the Casernenstrasse, "I wonder who Courvoisier is!" "You have managed to exist very comfortably for three or four years without knowing." "There is something behind all his secrecy about himself." "Fraeulein Sartorius says so, I suppose," I remarked, dryly. "N--no; she never said so; but I think she knows it is so." "And what if it be so?" "Oh, nothing! But I wonder what can have driven him here." "Driven him here? His own choice, of course." Karl laughed. "_Nee_, _nee_, Friedel, not quite." "I should advise you to let him and his affairs alone, unless you want a row with him. I would no more think of asking him than of cutting off my right hand." "Asking him--_lieber Himmel!_ no; but one may wonder--It was a very queer thing his sending poor Sigmund off in that style. I wonder where he is." "I don't know." "Did he never tell you?" "No." "Queer!" said Karl, reflectively. "I think there is something odd behind it all." "Now listen, Karl. Do you want to have a row with Eugen? Are you anxious for him never to speak to you again?" "_Herrgott_, no!" "Then take my advice, and just keep your mouth shut. Don't listen to tales,
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