th the Professorin; she
spread his table with viands which could not be imported from abroad,
and which the garden did not supply.

The journals, day after day, now published Herr Sonnenkamp's
praiseworthy endeavors to ameliorate the condition of the people. The
Cabinetsraethin came, and congratulated him upon the excellent result,
adding that, according to a report from her husband, this noble deed of
Herr Sonnenkamp had been noticed in the highest quarter.

Sonnenkamp was now exceedingly zealous. He was anxious that there
should be no intermission in the public notices, and that something
should be said about him every day. Pranken, however, who had returned
from his farming escapade, showed that it would be better to hold up a
little, and then to come down upon the public with a fresh sensation.
He had evidently heard of the good impression which the Professorin had
made at the convent, and of the earnest exhortation to Manna; and when
Sonnenkamp unfolded to him his plan of having the Professorin reside
there permanently, he immediately assented to it.

A path was laid out from the villa to the vine-covered house, through
the beautiful meadows and along the river-bank. Sonnenkamp invited the
Professorin, on a certain day, to accompany him into the garden, and
all the family must go with them.

A new gateway had been made in the wall which surrounded the park.
Sonnenkamp said that the Professorin should be the first one to pass
through it. He gave her the key, and she opened the gate. She went
through it and along the pathway, followed by the whole family, and
Pranken among them.

They proceeded to the vine-covered cottage, and the Professorin was
amazed to find here all her household furniture, and the library of her
husband arranged in good order.

Aunt Claudine was here too; for Sonnenkamp had contrived that she
should be released from Clodwig.

Sonnenkamp introduced, with a sort of pride, his valet Joseph, who had
made all these arrangements, as a native son of the university.

The Professorin expressed her thanks to Joseph, and shook hands with
him.

Pretty soon the Major came; and when the Professorin inquired after
Fraeulein Milch, he stammeringly made an apology in her behalf. It was
plainly wrong in his view, that Fraeulein Milch should so persistently
refuse to go into society.

The Professorin had not recovered from her amazement and satisfaction
when Clodwig and Bella arrived. Provision had be