Into a world where no one wanted them.
Zoleka saw that the Count was looking at her too.
She murmured to him quietly,
“We have to win for her sake.”
“That is just what I was thinking. She has no one but that drunken father and by the blessing of God, you.”
“You have forgotten yourself, Franz. No one could have done more than you have done in the last twenty-four hours.”
He smiled.
Then in her usual cheerful voice Zoleka continued,
“And there is a great deal more to come. One thing which is cheap in this country is enthusiasm and one does not have to pay extra for using one’s brains.”
Zoleka was laughing as Udele joined them.
“This room looks better already,” she enthused.
“And it is going to look a great deal better still,” the Count added, “when you dazzle them tonight as they
