. Old love stories retold. salles fighting-blood was up, and his haughty pride on its mettle. Arrogantlysure of his strength, fatally underestimating thetask before him, he remained obdurate, andpresently eseorted Helene to the house of a ladywho was not only Helenes own friend, but afriend, too, of the family. They had hardly ar-rived there when Helenes mother and sister alsoarrived. Lassalle declared the meeting mostopportune, and immediately applied all his fa-mous resources of persuasive eloquence to thesituation, only to prove how right Helenes judg-ment had been. Lassalles usually victor


. Old love stories retold. salles fighting-blood was up, and his haughty pride on its mettle. Arrogantlysure of his strength, fatally underestimating thetask before him, he remained obdurate, andpresently eseorted Helene to the house of a ladywho was not only Helenes own friend, but afriend, too, of the family. They had hardly ar-rived there when Helenes mother and sister alsoarrived. Lassalle declared the meeting mostopportune, and immediately applied all his fa-mous resources of persuasive eloquence to thesituation, only to prove how right Helenes judg-ment had been. Lassalles usually victoriousarts were not only utterly wasted on Frau vonDonniges, but that lady assailed and insultedhim in the most violent and contemptuous , thus more than ever confirmed in herforesight, again begged him, in her motherspresence, to take her away with him, but alas!the gods had already bound his eyes for the strokeof his doom, and he paid no heed. Though Frauvon Donniges insolently told him that, should he[ 145 ].


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