Three Vassar girls in Switzerland . The will of your respected great-aunt,explained the little man, provided — and thatof the late Count Krajova made a similar pro-vision— that if you preferred your claim asheiress to the baronesss estate at any timebefore the fifth of August of this year, one ofthree results should ensue. Case first: shoulda marriage be arranged between you and theCount Lajos, the estates of the late count andbaroness would pass to you both jointly. That case is impossible, Margaret replied promptly. Exactly so. Now observe what follows. The estates pass in totofrom whichever
Three Vassar girls in Switzerland . The will of your respected great-aunt,explained the little man, provided — and thatof the late Count Krajova made a similar pro-vision— that if you preferred your claim asheiress to the baronesss estate at any timebefore the fifth of August of this year, one ofthree results should ensue. Case first: shoulda marriage be arranged between you and theCount Lajos, the estates of the late count andbaroness would pass to you both jointly. That case is impossible, Margaret replied promptly. Exactly so. Now observe what follows. The estates pass in totofrom whichever party declines the marriage to the party consentingthereto. Then, said Margaret, I do not see that I am the gainer by thiswill; for I certainly decline this marriage. My dear young lady, I will imagine that I have not heard thatremark ; for it is so greatly detrimental to your own interests that itshould not be made without due deliberation. But nothing could induce me to marry the Count Lajos, much asI esteem him as a KISFALUDY JANOS. 2 34 THREE VASSAR GIRLS IN SWITZERLAND. Very good. There will be no necessity for you to do so. TheCount Lajos has already declined to marry you. Your acknowledgingyourself ready to carry out the provisions of this clause will notprejudice your future otherwise than to secure to yourself a valuableestate. This is very astonishing, Margaret replied. I must consult withLivingston — with my grandfather, I mean—I must think it over. Exactly so. And, as I see the count approaching with a gentle:man, we will drop the subject. I have found your party, said Lajos; and, at the same time, agentleman whom I have been in search of for some time. I haveheard a great deal of Mr. Livingston Walker, both from Miss New-ton, and, latterly, from a friend of mine, who tells me that he showedhim our mines during my absence. I hope to have further conversa-tion with you, sir, on the subject of mining engineering. An appointment was made for a meeting
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