Helen comforted her by withdrawing all objections , and promising to leave the matter in the major 's hands . But she shook her head privately when she saw the ill-disguised eagerness with which her cousin glanced up and down the platform after they were in the train , and she whispered to her uncle , unobserved , -- `` Leave future meetings to chance , and do n't ask the Pole in , if you can help it . '' `` Nonsense , my dear . You are as particular as your aunt . The lad amuses me , and you ca n't deny you like to nurse sick heroes , '' was all the answer she got , as the major , with true masculine perversity , put his head out of the window and hailed Casimer as he was passing with a bow . `` Here , Teblinski , my good fellow , do n't desert us . We 've always a spare seat for you , if you have n't pleasanter quarters . '' With a flush of pleasure the young man came up , but hesitated to accept the invitation till Helen seconded it with a smile of welcome . Amy was in an injured mood , and , shrouded in a great blue veil , pensively reclined in her corner as if indifferent to everything about her . But soon the cloud passed , and she emerged in a radiant state of good humor , which lasted unbroken until the journey ended . For two days they went on together , a very happy party , for the major called in Hoffman to see his friend and describe the places through which they passed . An arrangement very agreeable to all , as Karl was a favorite , and every one missed him when away . At Lausanne they waited while he crossed the lake to secure rooms at Vevay . On his return he reported that all the hotels and pensions were full , but that at La Tour he had secured rooms for a few weeks in a quaint old chateau on the banks of the lake . `` Count Severin is absent in Egypt , and the housekeeper has permission to let the apartments to transient visitors . The suite of rooms I speak of were engaged to a party who are detained by sickness -- they are cheap , pleasant , and comfortable . A salon and four bed-rooms . I engaged them all , thinking that Teblinski might like a room there till he finds lodgings at Montreaux . We can enter at once , and I am sure the ladies will approve of the picturesque place . '' `` Well done , Hoffman ; off we go without delay , for I really long to rest my old bones in something like a home , after this long trip , '' said the major , who always kept his little troop in light marching order .
The sail across that loveliest of lakes prepared the new-comers to be charmed with all they saw ; and when , entering by the old stone gate , they were led into a large saloon , quaintly furnished and opening into a terrace-garden overhanging the water , with Chillon and the Alps in sight , Amy declared nothing could be more perfect , and XXXXX 's face proved her satisfaction .
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