The Compact.

           ThefirstwordsthatAlbertutteredtohisfriend,onthefollowingmorning,containedarequestthatFranzwouldaccompanyhimonavisittothecount;true,theyoungmanhadwarmlyandenergeticallythankedthecountonthepreviousevening;butservicessuchashehadrenderedcouldneverbetoooftenacknowledged.Franz,whoseemedattractedbysomeinvisibleinfluencetowardsthecount,inwhichterrorwasstrangelymingled,feltanextremereluctancetopermithisfriendtobeexposedalonetothesingularfascinationthatthismysteriouspersonageseemedtoexerciseoverhim,andthereforemadenoobjectiontoAlbert’srequest,butatonceaccompaniedhimtothedesiredspot,and,afterashortdelay,thecountjoinedtheminthesalon."Mydearcount,"saidAlbert,advancingtomeethim,"permitmetorepeatthepoorthanksIofferedlastnight,andtoassureyouthattheremembranceofallIowetoyouwillneverbeeffacedfrommymemory;believeme,aslongasIlive,Ishallneverceasetodwellwithgratefulrecollectiononthepromptandimportantserviceyourenderedme;andalsotorememberthattoyouIamindebtedevenformylife."

           "Myverygoodfriendandexcellentneighbor,"repliedthecount,withasmile,"youreallyexaggeratemytriflingexertions.Youowemenothingbutsometrifleof20,000.

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