Frederick the Great and His Court

n spite of the rules of the Tobacco Club. The king did not see that, behind him, the door had opened, and, in the midst of the smoke that filled the whole room, a young

ful lips; they shone like great, mysterious, unfathomable stars-one moment sparkling with youthful superciliousness, the next with the firm, steady, piercing glance of an observing sage. The lofty, somewhat retreating forehead, and the straight, finely-pointed nose, formed a profile indicating commanding elevation of character. And the soul imprisoned behind these templ

y, and if the Titan could not overcome by physical strength, he

s him in this manner: Buste admirable el vraiment royal, mais pauvre et miserable pedestal. Sa tete et

bacco Club, and forced them hastily from their seats! The king sat spee

ood-evening," said the prince, w

itz!" said he, in a light tone. "Fritz!" repeated he more sternly, a

, kindly voice, "where I was reviewing my regimen

d confined to his room. He did not doubt for a moment that she had sent for the prince, and Frederick was there to see i

asty movement he dashed back the hand of the prince royal, and arose from his chair. His scornful

the laws of the Tobacco Club? Do you not know that these laws positively forbid you to arise from your seats to greet any one? You are all silent, miserable cowards that you are, who do not attempt to d

I might be allowed to make an

said General Schwer

fist on the table, and the pi

yal may bestow. From the king there is nothing left to hope, nothing to fear; for this reason you turn to the prince royal; for this reason you ridicule the laws of the father to flatter the son. The son is a fine French cavalier, who loves ornament and courtesy, t

a long and happy life,

f the king, he had stood silent

a true cavalier should conduct himself. Now, Pollnitz, you see there a cavalier after your own heart, a veritable model. Ah, you thought perhaps I did not see the face lurking behind your picture; you suppose I did not recognize the cavalier you painted in such glowing colors, in order to prove that he must have fou

ow me to return to Rheinsberg? I now take my leave,"

rned his head, and s

n; then, turning to t

ng's anger. Against you this displeasure is however just, for a command of th

e same time done justice to all: to the king in acknowledging the justice of his anger; to

ing that he had again failed in kindness to the prince royal. But this consciousness only made him the

slowly passed by them. "Give me your arm, Hacke, and lead me

, leaning on his arm, the king

ooked at one another with a half-confused, half-angry gaze. They had been scolded like children, and felt that they w

obey this command, but sent the count as their ambassador to the king to ask in the humblest manner for forgiveness and

message to the king; the cavaliers waited in anxious silence fo

he take us into his favor again? Is he convinced t

was a moment of anxious expectation; all were eagerly looking at the cou

rtiers hollow and awful as that of an angel of death, "gentlemen, the king says i

h sad, troubled looks, they hastened away, and not until the great portals of the palace ha

servants wisely remained at a distance beyond the reach of the royal crutc

candles. Nothing broke the silence but from time to time the gay music of the dance, which was heard from the other wing of the castle. Mirth still reigned in the saloons of the queen. The king sighed; his heart was filled with melancholy and rage. The queen was gay,

art. As the king thought of this, deep grief and a foreboding melancholy overcame him. In the anguish of his heart he t

ancied that he had given himself up to pio

y, who gave themselves up to worldliness and vanity, but alone and deserted he prayed to his Father in heaven. How small, how pitiful, how contemptible did the

fins which came yesterday were unpacked and placed in the

es a ball, and perhaps dances, in place of bowing her soul in contrition before God. I will awaken her from these so

him to the ball-room, the other to illuminate th