— 14 — THE SNARING
OF THEIRRYDirk and the witch kept company until they reached the gates of Frankfort. There the young man took his own way through the busy town, and Nathalie slipped aside into the more retired streets; many of the passers-by saluted Dirk, some halted to speak with him; the brilliant young doctor of rhetoric, with a reputation made fascinating by an air of mystery, was a desired acquaintance among the people of Frankfort. He returned their greetings pleasantly yet absently; he was thinking of Jacobea of Martzburg, whom he had left behind in the great forest, and considering what chances there might be, either for Theirry or Sybilla the steward’s wife. He passed the tall red front of the college, where the quiet trees tapped their leaves against the arched windows, turne
