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THE ELOPEMENT
“But where shall we go?”
“To Buda Pesth.”
“To Pesth?”
“Of course!”
“Why there?”
“It’s the safest place.”
“Very well.”
“Early—”
“I’ll be ready—early.”
“Use every precaution.”
“Do not worry.”
“On no account be late.”
“No; of course not !”
“Good by, Anna dear—!”
Poor Andrew von Csornay! And at this moment in the club he is saying “Checkmate,” with an air of triumph to his opponent, just as if he himself had not just been checkmated in life, for Anna is his wife, and Carl his nephew.
A few days later they talked of nothing in the little village where this happened, but the elopement of Madame Andrew with her nephew, Carl von Csornay.
“It served the old fool right! Why did he marry such a young and beautiful girl?”
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