- The damsel held her peace, however, when an early messenger bore the request of Von Koëldwethout next morning,
- and modestly retired to her chamber, from the casement of which she watched the coming of the suitor and his retinue.
- She was no sooner assured that the horseman with the large moustachios was her proferred husband,
- than she hastened to her father's presence, and expressed her readiness to sacrifice herself to secure his peace.
- The venerable baron caught his child into his arms, and shed a wink of joy.
