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 the boys occupy their minds with such things.

—He couldn't possibly have known. He's not a member of the family.

—You Robespierre! Out of my sight! [Utter silence.] Now I'll tell you the surprise. My brother Karl—that is—Father Hyacinth is here.

—Uncle Karl!

—Oh, I'm so glad! [Both are wild with joy; embraces .]

—Wild Indians!

—They're very fond of him, mother. I am glad he has come, too.

—Glad! Professor, Uncle Karl is the nicest man in the world.

—He used to be a prince, and now he is in Holy Orders. A monk. Wears a cowl and a hood. And a scapulary.

—Those are mere externals. The essential thing is that he has a heart of gold and a brain of steel.

—So he has.

—He renounced the world to enter an educational order.

—Yes, your highness, I heard about it.

—But you never met him.

—I have never had the honor.