Chapter 35: The Watchword

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​⁠While the lost son of Ammergau was quietly and sadly permitting the miracle of his home to produce its effect upon him, and rising from one revelation to another along the steep path which again led him to the cross, the countess was languishing in the oppressive atmosphere of the capital and its relations.

Three days had passed since the parting from Freyer, but she scarcely knew it! She lived beh