Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-10
proud lady. I know that my little Judica is
In safe hands with him.
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proud lady. know that my little Judica is
IN safe hands with him.
My little Judica,
They overflow with affection and goodness
toward me. And all that on account of
pen stroke. 1t pays to learn how to write.
The king received me so much IKE
brother that my head should have been
devoured by the flames from the fiery Goals
that he placed it. His majesty en-
braced me and kissed me fondly. 1 had
to sit down with his majesty and tell him
of Judica. of our love. of our happiness.
My brother listened almost greedily.
knew it, The king envieS me for Jud1ca
sweet lips. like one who is parched in the
deserts and thinks of another sitting by
well.
Suddenly he arose and said cordially:
Il understand only too we'll that you wish
to dwell in loneliness. You may build and
do on the Sea-Alp whatever you desire. But
even you happy ones cannot let yourselves
be buried year after year in Alpine SHOWS,
so you must absolutely have an additional
residence. What DO you say to the estate
Solitude? The palace is comfortable, cozy
and easily heated. We can make it still
more comfortable and cozy You could
reach me easily. and If you should not care
to do it, l could go to you If l would not
prove troublesome to your wife. To see
your happiness will do me good. as If L
He ceased. sighed deeply and sank into
thought. Then l could look at him closely.
The king looks i'll, spent wearied Deathly
weary he looks even now.
Starting from his reverie. he said:
You will do me the favor to let Inc ar
range Solitude for you? Your residence
there will bear no duties with it, either for
you or your wife, and-I beg of you to
do it"
Nothing remained for me but to reply that
I thanked him for his goodness and that
would accept Solitude, in whose golden
rooms ancestors of our house used to pen
their beautiful friends.
The king seemed very glad and said, full
of extraordinary kindness:
so far as the play is concerned I can
have discreety retired box arranged for
you. OF course your wife will have to learn
not to care if she is stared at
/ refused this new proof of his majesty S
love with a moved heart.
At the stroke of y the king conducted me
personally to his consort. AS we approach
ed the room of the queen his whole being
changed more and more with every step.
When we were announced to her ma jesty a
stiff figure STROBE al my side with stiff face
and vacant gaze. The transformation was
something ghOStly.
The king aroused himself soon and left
us alone. l noticed that my sister-in-law
would have liked to ask about the bride.
but dared not for fear that the king might
not wish IL. Since she was so friendly and
so sad, | began-against all etiquette-to
speak of the Alpine farm, Miss Fritz and
the engagement feast on the Sea-Alp. She
listened as II l were telling fairy tales. Her
eyes, that know tears, as l can see, asked
constantly: is that really true? Are there
such things in the world? Can a person be
SO happy? Can two persons love each other
so much?'
Best of all she liked the picture that !
made of Judica among the children Her
eyes said: Gould have been there
A court lady appeared just then and the
pretty story was done. Her majesty arose
gave me her hand and breathed:
please give my love to
She did not get farther. Embarrassed, she
said. But shall see you again,
7 that what she wished to
Give my love to your bride
But since her majesty will never be able
to know Judica she could not even manage
to formulate a message for her.
I withdrew and something of the sorrow
that surrounds the young queen chung &c
me.
only four-mother and son and two court
ladies.
The conversation was the kind Of CONVEX.
sation that there is among us. My bride
my wholly changed life. was ignored Ev
erything that 1t is possible to ignore as
a matter of fact. was ignored
I was struck with the fact that my mother
did not mention her daughter-in-law will
a single word Therefore / could not re-
sist the temptation to turn the conversation
that way My mother let me speak of the
young queen and-spoke of something else
at once.
1t was tactless and clumsy of me to lei
myslf mention the Countess Thyra. l tried
to be quite indifferent, but behaved awk
wardly as I felt myself.
HAS the countess not yet found a de-
eirable matrimonial opportunity"