s, is as a rule bought at the price of
happiness. I know quite well how you love Hohen-Cremmen and are
attached to it, but you often make sport of it, too, and have no
conception of how much quiet days like those in Hohen-Cremmen mean."

"Yes I have," she said. "I know very well. Only I like to hear about
something else once in a while, and then the desire comes over me to
have a similar experience. But you are quite right, and, to tell the
truth, I long for peace and quiet."

Innstetten shook his finger at her. "My dear, dear Effi, that again
you only imagine. Always fancies, first one thing, then another."

CHAPTER XI

[Innstetten and Effi stopped at the Prince Bismarck Hotel for dinner
and heard some of Golchowski's gossip. All three went out near the
tracks, when they heard a fast express coming, and as it passed in the
direction of Effi's old home, it filled her heart with longing. The
soiree musicale at Gieshuebler's was particularly enlivened by the
bubbling humor of Miss Trippelli, whose singing was excellent, but did
not overshadow her talent as a conversationalist. Effi admired her
ability to sing dramatic pieces with composure. An uncanny ballad led
to a discussion of haunted houses and ghosts, in both of which Miss
Trippelli believed.]

CHAPTER XII

The guests did not go home till late. Soon after ten Effi remarked to
Gieshuebler that it was about time to leave, as Miss Trippelli must not
miss her train and would have to leave Kessin at six in order to catch
it. But Miss Trippelli overheard the remark and, in her own peculiar
unabashed way, protested against such thoughtful consideration. "Ah,
most gracious Lady, you think that one following my career needs
regular sleep, but you are mistaken. What we need regularly is
applause and high prices. Oh, laugh if you like. Besides, I can sleep
in my compartment on the train--for one learns to do such things--in
any position and even on my left side, and I don't even need to
unfasten my dress. To be sure, I am never laced tight; chest and lungs
must always be free, and, above all, the heart. Yes, most gracious
Lady, that is the prime essential. And then, speaking of sleep in
general, it is not the quantity that tells; it is the quality. A good
nap of five minutes is better than five hours of restless turning over
and over, first one way, then the other. Besides, one sleeps
marvelously in Russia, in spite of the strong tea. It must be the air