Are you tired , Amy ? '' `` Yes , and disappointed as well . I never would have undertaken this journey if I had not thought it would be full of novelty , romance , and charming adventures . '' `` Well , we have had several adventures . '' `` Bah ! losing one 's hat in the Rhine , getting left at a dirty little inn , and having our pockets picked , are not what I call adventures . I wish there were brigands in Germany -- it needs something of that sort to enliven its stupidity . '' `` How can you call Germany stupid when you have a scene like this before you ? '' said Helen , with a sigh of pleasure , as she looked from the balcony which overhangs the Rhine at the hotel of the `` Three Kings '' at Coblentz . Ehrenbreitstein towered opposite , the broad river glittered below , and a midsummer moon lent its enchantment to the landscape . As she spoke , her companion half rose from the low chair where she lounged , and showed the pretty , piquant face of a young girl . She seemed in a half melancholy , half petulant mood ; and traces of recent illness were visible in the languor of her movements and the pallor of her cheeks . `` Yes , it is lovely ; but I want adventures and romance of some sort to make it quite perfect . I do n't care what , if something would only happen . '' `` My dear , you are out of spirits and weary now , to-morrow you 'll be yourself again . Do not be ungrateful to uncle or unjust to yourself . Something pleasant will happen , I 've no doubt . In fact , something has happened that you may make a little romance out of , perhaps , for lack of a more thrilling adventure . '' `` What do you mean ? '' and Amy 's listless face brightened .
`` Speak low ; there are balconies all about us , and we may be overheard , '' said XXXXX , drawing nearer after an upward glance .
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