`` Take a look at the pretty English girl as you go by ; it will do your eyes good , after the fat Frauleins we have seen of late , '' added the rough one . Three gentlemen rose , and as they passed Amy stole a glance at them ; but seeing several pairs of eyes fixed on herself , she turned away blushing , with the not unpleasant consciousness that `` the pretty English girl '' was herself . Longing to see which Sigismund was , she ventured to look after the young men , who paused behind the man with the blond beard , and also touched the dark-eyed gentleman on the shoulder . All five went down the hall and stood talking near the door . `` Uncle , I wish to go , '' said Amy , whose will was law to the amiable major . Up he rose , and Amy added , as she took his arm , `` I 'm seized with a longing to go to Baden-Baden and see a little gambling . You are not a wild young man , so you can be trusted there . '' `` I hope so . Now you are a sensible little woman , and we 'll do our best to have a gay time . Wait an instant till I get my hat . '' While the major searched for the missing article the girls went on , and coming to the door , Amy tried to open it . The unwieldy foreign lock resisted her efforts , and she was just giving it an impatient little shake , when a voice said behind her , -- `` Permit me , mademoiselle ; '' at the same moment a handsome hand turned the latch , the flash of a diamond shone before her , and the door opened . '' Merci , monsieur , '' she murmured , turning as she went out ; but Helen was close behind her , and no one else to be seen except the massive major in the rear . `` Did you see the baron ? '' she whispered eagerly , as they went up-stairs . `` No ; where was he ? '' `` He opened the door for me . I knew him by his hand and ring . He was close to you . '' `` I did not observe him , being busy gathering up my dress .
I thought the person was a waiter , and never looked at him , '' said XXXXX , with provoking indifference .
Amy Baden-Baden English Frauleins Helen Merci Sigismund baron one up-stairs