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In this malady the patient must be prepared at any moment for death." "Then it is incurable?" "Yes, sire," faltered Quarin, his tears bursting forth afresh. The emperor looked thoughtfully before him, and for some time kept silence. Then extending his hand with a smile, he said,
Why, what a doleful face you wear, Quarin! `L'Empereur est mort! Vive l'Empereur! I shall bequeath to you a noble young emperor and a beautiful arid charming empress. Is not that better than a surly old fellow like myself? Francis is my pride, and his sweet Elizabeth is like a daughter to me. I must then make my will and provide for my children.
Well, I must use stratagem in this matter of the 'testament, for Kaunitz must assume the regency of the empire, and then then I must attend a wedding. After that, the battlefield! Adieu, Quarin if we meet no more on earth, I hope that we shall meet above." One hour later the emperor returned from the hotel of his prime minister, and entered the imperial chapel.
"Go!" cried the emperor, in a piercing voice; and the exasperated Magyars mistook this last cry of agony for the culmination of his wrath. They bowed in sullen silence, and left the room. The emperor reeled back to his cabinet, and fell into a chair. He reached the bell, and rang it feebly. "Gunther," said he to his valet, and now his voice was hardly audible, "send a carriage for Quarin.
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