"
"You understand how to pay compliments admirably. You are not
commonplace."
He made no reply, but gazed at her with so earnest a look, expressive
of such unconscious admiration and worship that she flushed, and with a
nervous flutter of her fan rose. Bergmann rose also, bowed, and made a
movement to retire. Ada opened her eyes in surprise, and involuntarily
a word escaped her lips: "Why----"
"I thought I was wearying you."
She held out her finger-tips, which he pressed so warmly that she
hastily withdrew her hand. Going to one of the three large windows in
the drawing-room, she opened it and stepped out upon the broad,
projecting balcony, which on the second story extended along the whole
front of the castle. Leaning against the balustrade, both silently
watched for a moment the scene before them. The July night was warm,
and the air was stirless. Not a cloud appeared in the blackish-blue
sky, the stars were sparkling brightly, and among them, almost at the
zenith, sailed the full moon. At their feet lay the park, from which
rose faint odours of unknown wild flowers and the more pungent
fragrance of dewy grass and leafage.
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