who knew Bruno well could see that he tried to suppress his outbursts of rage in her presence.  Once Leonore had become pale with fright when she had been obliged to witness such a scene, and Bruno had not forgotten it.  Four years had passed for us in cloudless sunshine when a great change took place.  The young barons left the castle in order to attend a university in Germany, and Philip also left for an agricultural school.  So we only saw the brothers once a year, during their brief holidays in the summer.  Those days were great feast days then for all of us, and we enjoyed every single hour of their stay from early morning till late at night.  We always began and ended every day with music, and frequently whole days were spent in the enjoyment of it.

“Both young Wallerstaettens were extremely musical and had splendid voices, and Leonore’s exquisite singing stirred everybody deeply.  The Baroness always said that Leonore’s voice brought the tears to her eyes, no matter if she sang merry or serious songs.  It affected me in that way, too, and one could never grow weary of hearing her.  I had just finished my seventeenth and Leonore her eighteenth year when a summer came which was to bring grave changes.  We did not expect Philip home for the holidays.  Through the Baroness’ help he was already filling the post of manager of an estate in the far north.  The young barons had also completed their studies and were expected to come home and to consult with their mother about their plans for the future.  She fully expected them to travel before settling down, and after that she hoped sincerely that one of them would come to live at home with her; this would mean that he would take the care of the estate on his shoulders with its troubles and responsibilities.  Soon after their arrival the sons seemed to have had an interview with their mother which clearly worried her, for she went about silently, refusing to answer any questions.  Bruno strode up and down the terrace with flaming eyes whole hours at a time, without saying a word.  Salo was the only sociable one left, and sometimes he would come and sit down beside us; but if we questioned him about their apparent feud, he remained silent.  How different this was from our former gay days!  But this painful situation did not last long.  On the fifth or sixth day after their arrival the brothers did not appear for breakfast.  The Baroness immediately inquired in great anxiety if they had left the castle, but nobody seemed to have noticed them.  Apollonie was the only one who had seen them going upstairs together in the early morning, so she was sent up to look for them in the tower rooms.  When she found them empty, she opened the door of the old fencing-hall by some strange impulse.  Here Salo was crouching half fainting on the floor.  He told her that it was nothing to worry about, and that he had only lost consciousness for a moment.  She had to help him to get up, however, and he came downstairs supported on her arm.  The Baroness