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"The one from upstairs?" said Johanna, trying to laugh, "our little
Chinaman that we pasted on the back of the chair, Christel and I? Oh,
your Ladyship has been dreaming, and even if your Ladyship was awake,
it all came from a dream."

"I should believe that, if it had not been exactly the moment when
Rollo began to bark outside. So he must have seen it too. Then the
door flew open and the good faithful animal sprang toward me, as
though he were coming to my rescue. Oh, my dear Johanna, it was
terrible. And I so alone and so young. Oh, if I only had some one here
with whom I could weep. But so far from home--alas, from home."

"The master may come any hour."

"No, he shall not come. He shall not see me thus. He would probably
laugh at me and I could never pardon him for that. For it was so
fearful, Johanna--You must stay here now--But let Christel sleep and
Frederick too. Nobody must know about it."

"Or perhaps I may fetch Mrs. Kruse to join us. She doesn't sleep
anyhow; she sits there all night long."

"No, no, she is a kindred spirit. That black chicken has something to
do with it, too. She must not come. No, Johanna, you just stay here
yourself. And how fortunate that you merely drew the shutters to. Push
them open, make a loud noise, so that I may hear a human sound, a
human sound--I have to call it that, even if it seems queer--and then
open the window a little bit, that I may have air and light."

Johanna did as ordered and Effi leaned back upon her pillows and soon
thereafter fell into a lethargic sleep.

CHAPTER X

It was six o'clock in the morning when Innstetten returned home from
Varzin. He made Rollo omit all demonstrations of affection and then
retired as quietly as possible to his room. Here he lay down in a
comfortable position, but would not allow Frederick to do more than
cover him up with a traveling rug. "Wake me at nine." And at this hour
he was wakened. He arose quickly and said: "Bring my breakfast."

"Her Ladyship is still asleep."

"But it is late. Has anything happened?"

"I don't know. I only know that Johanna had to sleep all night in her
Ladyship's room."

"Well, send Johanna to me then."

She came. She had the same rosy complexion as ever, and so seemed not
to have been specially upset by the events of the night.

"What is this I hear about her Ladyship? Frederick tells me something
happened a