wer.

The Prince continued in the same loud tone. Herr Weidmann was indignant
at the manner in which Professor Crutius had brought this matter before
the public, and the statement that Doctor Fritz might have had a share
in this malicious publication, was, without doubt, a falsehood. Doctor
Fritz had said again and again, when he came to take away his child,
that he hoped the whole affair would remain concealed, on account of
Sonnenkamp's children.

Roland trembled.

Does Lilian know it over the sea? Or when will she hear of it? How will
she bear it? And will she cry about him? And she told him, that time in
the garden, that he must come home and help to deliver the world from
wrong.

He stretched his arms upwards, as if he must hasten from that spot, and
do something at that very moment.

The Prince, in the neighboring room, went on to say that Herr Weidmann
had seriously considered whether he himself ought not to go over to
Villa Eden, then and there to offer his assistance, but he had, after
thinking the matter over, perceived that this would be of no practical
benefit, and therefore he had counselled the Prince to carry out his
own purpose.

"Ah!" he exclaimed, "for the first time in a long while has the high
social position I am permitted to occupy brought me joy, or, rather joy
is not the right word. I thought to myself that, on this account, I
should be able to effect here more than any one else, and particularly
for your pupil Roland, whom I love so dearly, and whose afflictions
give me not a moment's peace."

In the next room, Roland folded his outstretched hands, and the thought
passed through his mind:--

Oh; the world is good; no, it is not so bad as you on the journey
wished to make me believe. Here is one man who feels for me.

The Prince continued:--

"Ah, Captain, what are we, who are set in high places? Our way of
living is just the same as yours is here, only it is historically
superannuated, overgrown with moss. On the way here, I have seen
everything anew. Our serfs were sold with the land and soil. It is the
same thing, or rather, worse, for they were men of the same race. And,
Captain, on my way here I became a terrible heretic. I asked myself
what have those done who were sent into the world to preach, and never
to stop preaching, love and brotherhood. They have looked quietly upon
the fact that there are thousands and thousands of slaves, thousands
and thousands of serfs. And then t