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"Alas, it will be very difficult to tame this youthful Hercules!" murmured Pollnitz, glancing toward the king, who was just leaving the apartment; "the serpents that we will twine about him must be strong and alluring; now happily Fredersdorf and myself are acquainted with some such serpents, and we will take care that he finds them in his path."
I have accomplished so much, so little remains to be done! let me only find a sufficiently hardened substance, and the work is done. I shall have laid bare God's great mystery I shall make gold!" "Do you think ever of this, Fredersdorf?" "I think ever of this, and shall think only of this as long as I live.
The wise men who have consecrated their lives to knowledge are best fitted to appreciate and treasure the true artiste; we will unite with them, and our efforts will transform Halle into an Athens, where knowledge and art shall walk hand-in-hand in noble emulation." "Off, then, for Halle!" said Fredersdorf, waving his hat in the air, but his voice was less firm, and his eye was troubled.
"Dear Fredersdorf, I think always of this picture when I look at the favorites of princes and kings, and I amuse myself with their pride and arrogance.
Happen what will, I have saved Fredersdorf from ridicule; if he curses me for this, I can bear it cheerfully." The king was right; Fredersdorf was insane with passion. He cursed the king, not only in his heart, but with his trembling lips; he called him a tyrant, a heartless egotist. He hated him, even as an ignorant, unreasoning child hates the kind hand which corrects and restrains.
"He said these words: 'Would you see my face and hear words of golden wisdom from my lips? so offer me, when next the moon is full and shimmers like liquid gold in the heavens, a black ram; and if you shed his blood for me, and if not one white hair can be discovered upon him, I will appear and be subject to you." "Another month of waiting, of patience, and of torture," murmured Fredersdorf.
Four days after the unfortunate occurrences in the theatre, Fredersdorf and his friend Lupinus returned from their secret journey, the object of which was unknown even to Eckhof. No sooner had they alighted from their travelling carriage, than they proceeded arm-in-arm to Eckhof's lodging.
The whole world is before you; you can seek throughout the universe for this blood-offering demanded by the devil." "Give us gold, brother, and we will seek; without gold, no black ram; without the black ram, no devil!" Fredersdorf disappeared a moment and returned with a well-filled purse, which he handed to his brother.
"And how if the alchemist, notwithstanding the blood of the black ram, is unhappily not able to bring up the devil?" At this question, a feverish crimson spot took possession of the wan cheek of Fredersdorf, which was instantly chased away by a more intense pallor. "If that is the result, I will either go mad or die," he murmured.
"Which I will faithfully report to his majesty," said Fredersdorf. "I fear your excellency will pay dearly for this speech," whispered Pollnitz. "Fear nothing for me," said Boden, with a quiet smile. "His majesty awaits you," said Fredersdorf, still standing at the door. Boden walked proudly by Fredersdorf, casting upon him a look of contempt, who returned it with a mocking grin.
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