"My heart was ready to leap into my mouth for joy," added Volkert, "when I heard these welcome tidings, for this is the very situation I had been hankering after. Yesterday I received my instructions, my commission, and plenty of money, and I shall set off as soon as I shall have seen the decision of C———'s affair, and begin my new employment with pleasure and vigour."
We were surprised to see the gloomy melancholic Volkert on a sudden so cheerful and merry, but he did not give us time to disclose our astonishment, taking an hasty leave:—Having wished success to my friend, he shook us heartily by the hand, and told us, that if Mr. C——— should kill the Baron he expected him to join him on the road, adding,
"Perhaps I may then have a better opportunity to convince you of the love and high esteem I bear your." Having promised to see me once more after the duel, if possi-ble,
