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Updated: May 11, 2025
They were piquant little anecdotes which had been secretly whispered at the court, but which no one dared to speak aloud, as Fraulein Lethow passed for a model of virtue and piety. She received these developments of the prophet with visible scorn.
And now the maid entered and announced Madame du Trouffle and the prophet. "Let them enter," said the princess in a hollow, death-like voice; "let them enter, and remain yourself, Fraulein Lethow; the soothsayer shall tell your fortune." The door opened, and Madame du Trouffle entered. She was gay and lovely as ever, and drew near the princess with a charming smile.
Will you permit me to take my cards? If you allow it, I will first prophesy to this lady." He took a mass of soiled, curiously painted cards, and spread them out before him on the table. He took the hand of Fraulein Lethow and seemed to read it earnestly; and now, in a low, musical voice, he related little incidents of the past.
"There are books which should only be read in solitude, and to that class belong the volumes of my past life. I am ready in the presence of your highness to have my future prophesied, but of my past I will hear nothing I know too much already." "Had I been alone with Fraulein Lethow, I should have told her many other things, and she would have been forced to believe in my power.
Fraulein Lethow alone can know that; but she will not be so cruel as to call you an impostor, for that would prevent me from having my fortune told. Allow me, therefore, to believe that you have spoken the truth. Now take your cards and shuffle them." "Does your highness wish that I should tell you of the past?" said the soothsayer, in a sharp voice. The princess hesitated.
"Bring in this soothsayer, Fraulein von Lethow. He shall prophesy of you: I think you have not, like Madame du Trouffle, any reason to fear a picture of your past." The prophet entered.
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