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* geborene Grafin ' who had married beneath her ; 

 and when Fleeming explained what he called the 

 English theory (though indeed it was quite his 

 own) of married relations, Joseph, admiring but 

 unconvinced, avowed it was * gar schbn.' Joseph's 

 cousin, Walpurga Moser, to an orchestra of clarionet 

 and zither, taught the family the country dances, 

 the Steierisch and the Landler, and gained their 

 hearts during the lessons. Her sister Loys, too, 

 who was up at the Alp with the cattle, came down 

 to church on Sundays, made acquaintance with 

 the Jenkins, and must have them up to see the 

 sunrise from her house upon the Loser, where 

 they had supper and all slept in the loft among 

 the hay. The Mosers were not lost sight of ; 

 Walpurga still corresponds with Mrs. Jenkin, 

 and it was a late pleasure of Fleeming's to choose 

 and despatch a wedding present for his little 

 mountain friend. This visit was brought to an 

 end by a ball in the big inn parlour ; the refresh- 

 ments chosen, the list of guests drawn up, by 

 Joseph ; the best music of the place in attend- 

 ance ; and hosts and guests in their best clothes. 

 The ball was opened by Mrs. Jenkin dancing 

 Steierisch with a lordly Bauer, in gray and silver 

 and with a plumed hat ; and Fleeming followed 

 with Walpurga Moser. 



There ran a principle through all these holiday 

 pleasures. In Styria as in the Highlands, the 



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