sign the Address. More strange and regrettable was
the fact that Miss Forsyth's name was also omitted
from the list. In answer to a personal appeal made
to her by the Dean, who had himself gone to the
trouble of calling in order to obtain her signature, she
had explained that she never did give her signature.
She had made the rule thirty years ago, and she saw
no reason for breaking it today.

Anna looked up from the paper, and her pale blue,
now red-rimmed, eyes sparkled with congratulation.
"This is good!" she exclaimed in German. "Very,
very good!"

Her host answered in English, "Truly I am gratified.
It is a compensation to me for all I have gone
through these last few days."

"Yes," said Polly quickly. "And as you see, Mrs.
Bauer, we are to be really compensated. We were
thinking only yesterday that the damage done -- I mean
the damage by which we should be out of pocket --
was at least ?15. But, as Alfred says, that was putting
it very low. He thinks, and I quite agree -- don't you,
Mrs. Bauer? -- that it would be fair to put the damage
down at -- let me see, what did you say, Alfred?"

"According to my calculation," he said cautiously,
"I think we may truly call it twenty-seven pounds ten
shillings and ninepence."

"That," said Polly, "is allowing for the profit we
should certainly have made on the articles those
wretches stole out of the windows. I think it's fair to
do that, don't you, Mrs. Bauer?"

"Indeed yes -- that thoroughly to agree I do!" exclaimed
Anna.

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