"When would you like them, your excellency?" asked Dmitri.

" Allow me to inform you... But, don't be uneasy," he added, noticing that the count was beginning to breathe heavily and quickly which was always a sign of approaching anger.

" I was forgetting... Do you wish it brought at once?" "Yes, yes; just so! Bring it.

Give it to the countess.

" "What a treasure that Dmitri is," added the count with a smile when the young man had departed.