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But the other two provinces, Friesland and Groningen, kept as their chief executive Count Henry Kasimir II. of Nassau-Dietz, a third cousin of the Prince of Orange. The stadholder of Friesland was not on good terms with his great relative, and under his lead Friesland stood somewhat aloof from the policies of the latter and of Their High Mightinesses the States-General of the United Provinces.
The true history of this expedition on the Emperor's part was this that he had consulted Kasimir upon the question of the Debateable Ford and the feud of Adlerstein and Schlangenwald, asking further how his friend had sped in the wooing of the fair widow, to which he remembered having given his consent at Ulm.
"Either a Venetian mountebank," said Wildschloss, "or else there is only one man I know of either so foolhardy or so steady of head." "Be he who he may," said Ebbo, "he is the bravest man that ever I beheld. Who is he, Sir Kasimir?" "An eagle of higher flight than ours, no doubt," said Wildschloss.
And in like manner, though his grandmother's allegation that his mother had been bent on captivating Sir Kasimir in that single interview at Adlerstein, had always seemed to him the most preposterous of all Kunigunde's forms of outrage, the recollection would recur to him; and he could have found it in his heart to wish that his mother had never heard of the old lady's designs as to the oubliette.
The peak above the Braunwasser? Some day shall ye show me this eyrie of yours, and we will see whether we can amaze our cousins the eagles. We see you at our father's court to-morrow?" he graciously added, and Ebbo gave a ready bow of acquiescence. "There," said the king, as after their dismissal he walked on with Sir Kasimir, "never blame me for rashness and imprudence.
Sir Kasimir was a handsome man of about thirty, of partly Polish descent, and endowed with Slavonic grace and courtesy, and he had likewise been employed in negotiations with Burgundy, and had acquired much polish and knowledge of the world.
"Yea, truly, Herr Guildmaster, I would see these masterpieces. Ha! What have you here for masterpieces? Our two new double-ganger knights?" And Maximilian entered in a simple riding-dress, attended by Master Gottfried, and by Sir Kasimir of Adlerstein Wildschloss.
Fare ye well, ye dove-trained eaglets. We will know one another better when we bear the cross against the infidel." The brothers kissed his hand, and he descended the steps from the hall door. Ere he had gone far, he turned round upon Sir Kasimir with a merry smile "A very white and tender dove indeed, and one who might easily nestle in another eyrie, methinks."
The last silver cup the castle had possessed had to be given as a reward to the pursuivant, and mayhap Frau Kunigunde reckoned this as another offence of her daughter-in-law, since, had Sir Kasimir been safe in the oubliette, the twins might have shared his broad lands on the Danube, instead of contributing to the fees of his pursuivant. The cup could indeed be ill spared.
"May I beg you to introduce me to the young lady, Herr Löwenfuss?" the hussar said. "I feel flattered at the honor you are doing me," the tailor replied, with evident pleasure. "Fanny, the Captain wishes to make your acquaintance; this is my daughter, Fanny, Captain ..." "Captain Count Kasimir W ," the hussar interrupted him, as he went up to the pretty girl, and paid her a compliment or two.
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