His voice was soft and tender, and the wife threw both her arms around
the husband's neck, and, burying her face on his breast, she wept
bitterly.

I took my journal, and, without making my excuses to the lady, I
silently stole out of the room.




VI.

DUMANY KORNEL.


At dinner I was punctual, but nevertheless the two gentlemen of whom Mr.
Dumany and his wife had spoken were already present and discussing the
question of Mr. Dumany's munificent offer. After a hurried introduction
I was soon informed of all that had been agreed on. The Secretary of
State had received bonds for 1,000,000 francs, to be taken by the two
Governments, the French and the Swiss, for distribution among the
injured or maimed of the Rossberg catastrophe and the poor dependents of
the slain. The old railroad watchman, who had been discharged by the
company, and the canny shepherd, who both sold and kept his goats when
he ran for the relief train, each received 10,000 francs, and a
considerable sum went to the officials of the relief train as a
remuneration for their services. The rest of the million francs was set
aside for a memorial chapel on the site of the accident, and for the
celebration of masses and a grand requiem in the church of St Germain
l'Auxerrois on the following day--a ceremony which was to be repeated