"I have already wasted too much of my time."
"Won't you waste a few more minutes on me?" pleaded Marie pathetically.
"It is not often I see you now."
Waerli came down again, looking very happy.
"I want to show you such a beautiful photograph I've had taken," said
Marie. "Ach, it is beautiful!"
"You must give one to me," said Waerli eagerly.
"Oh, I can't do that," replied Marie, as she opened the drawer and took
out a small packet. "It was a present to me from the Polish gentleman
himself. He saw me the other day here in the pantry. I was so tired,
and I had fallen asleep with my broom, just as you see me here. So he
made a photograph of me. He admires me very much. Isn't it nice? and
isn't the Polish gentleman clever? and isn't it nice to have so much
attention paid to one? Oh, there's that horrid bell again! Good
afternoon, Herr Waerli. That is all I have to say to you, thank you."
Waerli's feelings towards the Polish gentleman were not of the
friendliest that day.
CHAPTER V.
THE DISAGREEABLE MAN.
ROBERT ALLITSEN told Bernardine that she was not likely to be on
friendly terms with the English people in the Kurhaus.
"They will not care about you, and you will not care about the
foreigners.
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