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Revel, as is customary with Englishmen, who are very sceptical, affected for the moment a belief in spirits. With the rest of the society, however, it was no light theme. Madame de Schulembourg avowed her profound credulity. The artist was a decided votary.
'There are moments when my vanity completes my own portrait, said Walstein. 'And there are moments when our imagination completes the portrait of our mistress, rejoined Schulembourg. 'You reason, said Walstein. 'I was myself once fond of reasoning, but the greater my experience, the more I have become convinced that man is not a rational animal.
He studied the idiosyncrasy of his patients, and was aware of the fine and secret connection between medicine and morals. One morning Dr. de Schulembourg was summoned to Walstein. The physician looked forward to the interview with his patient with some degree of interest.
As for station, I attribute no magic to it, and wealth I value only because I know from experience its capacity of producing pleasure; were I a beggar tomorrow, I should be haunted by no uneasy sensations. Pardon me, Madame de Schulembourg; your philosophy does not appear to be that of my friend, the Doctor.
Walstein smiled and looked a little perplexed, but he remembered his promise. 'I shall, with pleasure, become your guest, Doctor. Containing Some Future Conversation WALSTEIN did not forget his engagement with his friendly physician. The house of Schulembourg was the most beautiful mansion in Dresden.
'Besides an idea of a heroine, said Schulembourg, 'you have also, if I mistake not, an idea of a hero? 'Without doubt, replied Walstein. 'I have preconceived for myself a character which I have never achieved. 'Yet, if you have never met a heroine nearer your ideal than your hero, why should you complain? rejoined Schulembourg.
'How know you that? said Walstein, somewhat hastily, and slightly blushing. 'We doctors know many strange things, replied Schulembourg, with a smile. 'Come now, would you like to be prime minister of Saxony? 'Prime minister of Oberon! said Walstein, laughing; ''tis indeed a great destiny. 'Ah! when you have lived longer among us, your views will accommodate themselves to our limited horizon.
Within two months, Charles and Stanislaus had cut them up in detail, or driven them over the border. Schulembourg crossed the Oder, but his battalions were shattered at Frawenstad by Reuschild. On September 1, 1706, Charles himself was invading Saxony. The invading troops were held under an iron discipline; no violence was permitted.
He is only truly good or great when he acts from passion. 'Passion is the ship, and reason is the rudder, observed Schulembourg. 'And thus we pass the ocean of life, said Walstein. 'Would that I could discover a new continent of sensation! 'Do you mix much in society? said the physician. 'By fits and starts, said Walstein. 'A great deal when I first returned: of late little.
'And your distemper has increased in proportion with your solitude? 'It would superficially appear so, observed Walstein; 'but I consider my present distemper as not so much the result of solitude, as the reaction of much converse with society. I am gloomy at present from a sense of disappointment of the past. 'You are disappointed, observed Schulembourg. 'What, then, did you expect?
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