Hungary . nacquainted, Iwas still hesitating what to reply when he intro-duced himself by name, and then presented afriend, the brother of a statesman whose name Iknew. This gentleman spoke English perfectly,and we were soon on the best of terms. Thewhole party seemed relieved on learning whatwe were, as, seeing strangers in the place, theyhad supposed we were there in the interest oftheir political opponents. Indeed, they all becamemost friendly, saying, You have been in theTatra. Y^ou are seeing our country. Good!good ! We had hardly left them, with the intentionof making an early start for
Hungary . nacquainted, Iwas still hesitating what to reply when he intro-duced himself by name, and then presented afriend, the brother of a statesman whose name Iknew. This gentleman spoke English perfectly,and we were soon on the best of terms. Thewhole party seemed relieved on learning whatwe were, as, seeing strangers in the place, theyhad supposed we were there in the interest oftheir political opponents. Indeed, they all becamemost friendly, saying, You have been in theTatra. Y^ou are seeing our country. Good!good ! We had hardly left them, with the intentionof making an early start for home, when anotherexcited peasant pounced upon us, and insisted onconducting us to the inn where we had left ourcart. Presumably he noticed that we had nobusiness with the gentlemen we had just left,and therefore concluded we must be searchingfor the headquarters of the opposite party. Heushered us into a small, dimly lighted room andthen retired, pleased with his own acumen. DESCENDED FROM A BRIGAND CHIEF. VAZSECZ AND A PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 57 Seating ourselves at a table, we ordered breadand wine from the landlord, an intelligent youngJew, who appeared surprised to find us where wewere. Near to us, at another table, sat two menin the uniform of foresters, and these were soonjoined by a young gentleman in a shooting suit witha gun, when whispered conversation took place,accompanied by glances in our direction. One ofthe foresters then left, but returned immediately,ushering in a large peasant in white, who respect-fully held his broad black hat in his hand, andwhose furtive demeanour suggested that he dis-liked being seen. As he filled up nearly half theapartment, however, we could not help beingconscious of his presence. The whole scenesuggested conspiracy, and we were becomingkeenly curious. More whispers! The peasantreceived a handful of cigars and some small coinsand then sidled out, but only to return withanother white giant, whose stolid appearance wasrelieved by small
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