. Transylvania; its products and its people. With maps and numerous ills. after photographs. th the reception of this Szekler family \\most friendly one. There was no embarrassment, thougha perfect stranger had thus dropped Buddenly an-them. That I should have Btopped there <»n my wayseemed to be considered quite natural. Except the masterof the house, all spoke German well, so there was no diffi-culty as to conversation. The house was neat in the interior, simple in its ar-rangements, but orderly and clean. A night of steps ledup to the house, along the front of which was a verandahsupport
. Transylvania; its products and its people. With maps and numerous ills. after photographs. th the reception of this Szekler family \\most friendly one. There was no embarrassment, thougha perfect stranger had thus dropped Buddenly an-them. That I should have Btopped there <»n my wayseemed to be considered quite natural. Except the masterof the house, all spoke German well, so there was no diffi-culty as to conversation. The house was neat in the interior, simple in its ar-rangements, but orderly and clean. A night of steps ledup to the house, along the front of which was a verandahsupported by columns. You at once entered the dining-room from here. The whole consisted of a ground-fionly, having three large sitting-rooms in front. Aftertalking with the ladies and a neighbour who had droppedin, I looked at the stables, farmyard, and garden. lv. THROUGH THE CSIK. 808 word that was said showed how deep-rooted was thedislike felt towards the Germans, and how great the dis-content with the Government. Nothing was right. Theelective laws were dwelt on as an especial COUNTRY-HOUSE OF A HUNGARIAN GENTLEMAN. But the warm-hearted hospitality and even pride all feltin being able to entertain an English traveller, soon mademe forget complaints and disaffection. We sat down to agood dinner, a large and cheerful party; and the deli-cious wine warmed my very heart. Suddenly the gentle-man of the house, filling his glass, rose and made a longspeech in Hungarian. I began to suspect from a wordor two that was intelligible to me, that I was the subjectof it, when presently the word {( Lord, several times re-peated, made me feel very awkward and it was of me he was speaking, I wished to stop him andset him right; yet I could not well interrupt him in the 304 TRANSYLVANIA. middle, so I thought it best to wait. At the end of thespeech my companion interpreted it, and said his; friendhad drunk to my health, adding, it was the first time hehad had the hono
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