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Soon after losing sight of Starnberg's placid waters, we plunged into the gloom of the mountains, and began a long, winding climb among their hidden recesses. SOON AFTER LOSING SIGHT OF STERNBERG'S PLACID WATERS WE PLUNGED INTO THE GLOOM OF THE MOUNTAINS AND BEGAN A LONG WINDING CLIMB AMONG THEIR HIDDEN RECESSES
f I remember rightly, and, like most German Counts, had not much money; and her father, as fathers will when proposed to by impecunious would-be sons-in-law, refused his consent. The Count then went abroad to try and make, or at all events improve, his fortune. He went to America, and there he prospered. In a year or two he came back, tolerably rich--to find, however, that he was too late. His lady, persuaded of his death, had been urged into a marriage with a rich somebody else. In ordinary life, of course, the man would have contented himself with continuing to make love to the lady, leaving the rich somebody else to pay for her keep. This young couple, however, a little lighter headed, or a little deeper hearted than the most of us, whichever it may have been, and angry at the mocking laughter with which the air around them seemed filled, went down one stormy night together to the lake, and sobered droll Fate for an instant by turning her grim comedy into a somewhat grimmer tragedy. CENTURY HE WAS A GERMAN COUNT IF I REMEMBER RIGHTLY AND LIKE MOST GERMAN COUNTS HAD NOT MUCH MONEY AND HER FATHER AS FATHER'S WILL WHEN PROPOSED TO BY IMPECUNIOUS WOULD BE SONS IN LAW REFUSED HIS CONSENT THE COUNT THEN WENT ABROAD TO TRY AND MAKE OR AT ALL EVENTS IMPROVE HIS FORTUNE HE WENT TO AMERICA AND THERE HE PROSPERED IN A YEAR OR TWO HE CAME BACK TOLERABLY RICH TO FIND HOWEVER THAT HE WAS TOO LATE HIS LADY PERSUADED OF HIS DEATH HAD BEEN URGED INTO A MARRIAGE WITH A RICH SOMEBODY ELSE IN ORDINARY LIFE OF COURSE THE MAN WOULD HAVE CONTENTED HIMSELF WITH CONTINUING TO MAKE LOVE TO THE LADY LEAVING THE RICH SOMEBODY ELSE TO PAY FOR HER KEEP THIS YOUNG COUPLE HOWEVER A LITTLE LIGHTER HEADED OR A LITTLE DEEPER HEARTED THAN THE MOST OF US WHICHEVER IT MAY HAVE BEEN AND ANGRY AT THE MOCKING LAUGHTER WITH WHICH THE AIR AROUND THEM SEEMED FILLED WENT DOWN ONE STORMY NIGHT TOGETHER TO THE LAKE AND SOBERED DROLL FATE FOR AN INSTANT BY TURNING HER GRIM COMEDY INTO A SOMEWHAT GRIMMER TRAGEDY
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