Baron Pollnitz approached the king's couch. "Sire, one hour ago a courier arrived who was the bearer of important information." "Whence came he?" said the king, calmly. "From your majesty's ambassador in Vienna, Count Borche." "Ah!" said the king, "is the empress, our noble aunt, suffering?" "The empress is perfectly well, but her husband, the emperor "
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