FERDINAND  LASSA  LIE.
,|sr  'i'SSrr”
address  at  a  popular  meeting  in  Frankfort.  Having  been  con
June  at  Ems  with  the  countess.  In  July  she  left  for  Wildbad
while  he  went  to  the  Rigi-Kaltbad,  a  favourite  spot  of  his’
There  one  day  he  was  visited  by  an  English  lady,  who  was
accompanied  by  a  young  girl  he  had  met  in  Berlin,  Helena
von  Dœnniges.
women,  and  was  far  from  indifferent  to  them.  Fräulein  von
œnniges  was  of  ruddy  hue  and  very  romantic,  which  was  to
IS  taste.  After  a  second  interview  at  Wabern,  near  Berne  at
the  house  of  the  English  lady  with  whom  Helena  was  living
they  vowed  to  marry  each  other  in  spite  of  all  obstacles
i-raulein  von  Dœnniges  foresaw  some  very  serious  objections
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