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"Is this true?" said he "is this which you have written, true?" "What? Is what true?" said Wilhelmina, rising slowly from her knees. "He thanks you in this letter for having written to him that you have never loved any man but himself him Kalkreuth alone! Did you write the truth?" "I wrote it, and it is the truth," said the princess, who had now fully recovered her energy and her composure.
The king gave a start, and his face colored for a moment; Kockeritz and Kalkreuth exchanged glances of terror and dismay. "You have also seen the clairvoyante, then?" asked the king, after a pause, almost indignantly. "You too have allowed yourself to be frightened by her vaticinations?" "No, your majesty, I do not believe in them, but only in what is true and real.
Dantzig, exposed by the desertion of the Poles, fell, although defended by Kalkreuth, into his hands, and, on the 14th of June, 1807, the anniversary, so pregnant with important events, of the battle of Marengo, he gained a brilliant victory at Friedland, which was followed by General Ruchel's abandonment of Koenigsberg with all its stores.
"Come, madame, I will conduct you to your apartment." Wilhelmina gazed at him with astonishment, but she read in his excited and angry countenance that she must not dare oppose him. "Permit me, at least, to have my skates removed," said she, shortly, giving a sign to her maid. The prince stood near, while her maid knelt before her and removed the skates. Count Kalkreuth was at some distance.
The princess now arose from her seat, and leaning on her husband's arm she passed through the room, talking merrily with Count Kalkreuth at her side. "They have gone to the conservatory," said Louise, grasping her husband's arm. "We will also go and find some quiet, deserted place where we can talk undisturbed."
It has risen for its king and its honor, and do you not believe that it will fight equally well for both, whether Tanentzien, Kalkreuth, or Blucher, be its chieftain?" "No, sire," said Scharnhorst, quickly; "I know that it will not.
He saw that Field-Marshal Kalkreuth looked gloomy and abstracted, and opposite him the chancellor of state, with burning cheeks and radiant eyes. "Well, Hardenberg," said the king, mildly, "have you nothing to say to me?" "I am unable to say any thing," whispered Hardenberg, in a tremulous voice, "but I do what I have not done for many years past I weep tears of joy!
Well, gentlemen, speak! Did you find my carriage?" "We did, your majesty," said Field-Marshal Kalkreuth, sighing. "The report was but too true. A vile plot had been formed; we have the proofs, for we really found the carriage of your majesty in the avenue leading to Sans-Souci; the horses had been partially unhitched " "And my poor coachman?" asked the king.
The Emperor Alexander smiled and bowed his head quickly and repeatedly; King Frederick William frowned slightly, and this authorized the gentlemen of his suite, who stood behind him, Field- Marshal Kalkreuth and General Knesebeck, to frown too, and cast angry glances at Blucher.
Her name was called the second time, and her heart trembled, she knew not if with joy or horror. "For God's sake, why have you dared to seek me here? Do you not know that my husband may return at any moment?" "Your husband is entertaining Prince Henry while the princess dances the first waltz with Count Kalkreuth.