Through me, he
entreats your forgiveness, he does not wish you and your father to
remain his enemies, when he has penitently borne the punishment. You
will probably owe it to him, if you have no unpleasant consequences to
bear on account of your petition. You see how a man of principle and
generosity behaves! And then, remember what I told you before: Herr
von Abonyi is ready to provide for you all your life, as no one in your
family was ever supported. Well, do you say nothing to all this? Have
I nothing to tell the nobleman from you?" The pastor rose, laid his
hand upon her shoulder, and looked her in the face.
Panna shrunk from the touch of his fat fingers, brushed them off, and
said:
"Tell him it is all very well and we will see."
"Nothing else?"
"Nothing else."
The priest departed with an unctuous farewell, and left Panna alone.
She remained motionless in the same position, with bent head, her hands
resting nervelessly in her lap, her eyes staring into vacancy. So her
father found her when, half an hour after, he returned from the parish
tavern.
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