Ernestine - tr. by S. Baring Gould Author:Wilhelmine von Hillern Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. NOT AT HOME. That same evening there was a large gathering of professors at the house of Madam Mollner. Johannes had clean forgotten all about... more » it. When dinner, afternoon and evening passed without his appearing, his mother became anxious about him, apart from the awkwardness of having to apologize to the guests for the absence of their host She paced up and down the garden behind the house, awaiting the arrivals of those invited, who were to spend the evening in the open air. Then Angelica came flying to her. "Mother, mother ! now I know where Johannes has spent the day," she cried to Madam Mollner, as she pulled the hat off her heated head, and threw herself into a garden chair. " Maurice has just returned from Hochstetten, whither he was summoned this afternoon, with a wonderful tale. He found the whole village in an uproar; Fraulein Hartwich's conduct has provoked a revolution. There was quite a riot, and Johannes, our Johannes, stood forward openly as her knight." The widow clasped her hands, and looked at Angelica with doubt. " Is this true ? " "It is true enough, and there's more behind," said Angelica, impatiently. " Maurice could not get a glimpse of Johannes, for he was, and remained,—be quiet, mother, don't be too angry—with that Hartwich girl in her castle." " Good heavens ! " exclaimed the old lady, and she sank on a bench, "have matters gone as far as this." A longpause ensued. The distressed mother folded her hands on her lap, and said, sadly, " My son, my son, whither is fate drawing you ?" Angelica turned aside without speaking. The same evening star, which was shining down with such gentle light on Johannes and Ernestine, was reflected in the tears of his sister, as she looked towards it. "Angelica," said the mother, "you sh...« less