I did n't like it , and never mean to do so any more . '' `` I shall see that you do n't flirt ; but you are very much engaged now , so put on your ring and make no romances about any 'S . P. ' but myself . '' `` I shall wait till you clear your character ; I 'm not going to care for a deceitful impostor . What made you think of this prank ? '' `` You did . '' `` I ? How ? '' `` When in England I saw your picture , though you were many a mile away , and fell in love with it . Your mother told me much about you , and I saw she would not frown upon my suit . I begged her not to tell you I had come , but let me find you and make myself known when I liked . You were in Switzerland , and I went after you . At Coblentz I met Sigismund , and told him my case ; he is full of romance , and when we overheard you in the balcony we were glad of the hint . Sigismund was with me when you came , and admired Helen immensely , so he was wild to have a part in the frolic . I let him begin , and followed you unseen to Heidelberg , meaning to personate an artist . Meeting you at the castle , I made a good beginning with the vaults and the ring , and meant to follow it up by acting the baron , you were so bent on finding him , but Sigismund forbade it . Turning over a trunk of things left there the year before , I came upon my old Polish uniform , and decided to be a Thaddeus . '' `` How well you did it ! Was n't it hard to act all the time ? '' asked Amy , wonderingly .
`` Very hard with XXXXX , she is so keen , but not a bit so with you , for you are such a confiding soul any one could cheat you .
Amy Coblentz England Heidelberg Helen Polish Sigismund Switzerland impostor left