CHAPTER XVIII.

A Hospitable Reception -- A Rustic Household -- The Mother's Talk -- Pressing Invitations -- A Docile Visitor -- The Family Room -- Trophies of Industry -- Overheating -- A Walk in Ulrichsthal -- A Glass Polisher and his Family -- His Notions -- A Glass Engraver -- His Skill and Ingenuity -- His Earnings -- A Bohemian's Opinion on English Singing -- Military Service -- Beetle Pictures -- Glass-making in Bohemia -- An Englishman's Forget-me-Not -- The Dinner -- Dessert on the Hill -- An Hour with the Haymakers -- Magical Kreutzers -- An Evening at the Wirthshaus -- Singing and Poetry -- A Moonlight Walk -- The Lovers' Test 174