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Napoleon cast upon him one of his quick glances. "What was this noise, and why do you tremble so violently?" "Pardon me, your majesty," faltered Schluter, "but my terror the surprise I am afraid I have lost my senses. I have just seen something so unheard of, so incredible, that I " "What have you seen?" asked Napoleon. "Speak! What was this noise?"
Schluter, in his "History of Music," says of him: "Like Mozart, he excels in those parts of an opera which decide its merits as a work of art, the ensembles and finale. The overture bears a striking resemblance to that of 'Figaro, and the instrumentation of the whole opera is highly characteristic, though not so prominent as in Mozart.
Pray, count, go with me to the other wing of the palace and look at her portrait; your excellency will then be convinced that I tell the truth." "No, no, I do not wish to see it," replied Count Munster, whose cheeks turned pale, and who felt his heart frozen with terror. "Unlock the door, Schluter! The air here is sultry and very oppressive! Quick! quick! open the door!"
"There happened to him what will happen to all those who dare disquiet the White Lady of Baireuth or defy her power," said Schluter, solemnly. "You really believe, then, that she appeared to him?" asked the count, in terror. "The emperor sent for me late last night, and again this morning. Shall I tell your excellency what it was for?
"Is it not so?" "No, your majesty, at times she appears also to others," said Schluter; "she walks about the palace, and if there is any one in her way whom she dislikes, she tells them so, and angrily orders him away. She forgets no insult heaped upon her house, and she is terrible in her wrath." "I have heard of it," exclaimed the emperor, gloomily.
She approached with slow steps, quite regardless of the count, who at first looked at her in surprise, and then turned with an angry face toward the castellan, who just then entered. "You did not comply, then, with my orders, Schluter?" exclaimed the count, vehemently. "I told you expressly to keep the rooms shut until the emperor's arrival, and not to admit any one.
"Every thing is as comfortable as it is splendid; the arrangement reflects a great deal of credit upon you, my dear Schluter, and will, doubtless, procure you a liberal reward from the emperor, who is said to be very munificent."
How could you dare disobey my instructions?" "But, your excellency, I did obey them," answered Schluter. "Not a human being besides the footmen has been permitted to enter here, and even those I drove out two hours ago, and shut the doors."
"Your majesty," replied Schluter, hesitatingly, "I do not know how to narrate a story in fine words, and you must pardon me if I do not acquit myself very satisfactorily." "Who was this White Lady?" "Sire, her name was Cunigunda, Countess von Plassenburg.
The fine and massive building of the Arsenal, opposite the palace of the late Crown Prince, dates from the time of Frederick I., last of the Electors and first of the Prussian Kings. The grand sculptures of the German artist Schlüter, who was afterwards called to the aid of Peter the Great in the creation of St. Petersburg, adorn the exterior of the edifice.
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