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A teacher of the violin and other tales, 1888
6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 81. See the scan on archive.org.
1wand announced, after the manner of the French Court: 'Gentlemen! The King!'
3The great salle was floored with marble, and surrounded with marble pillars on every side. A thousand lights flickered on the countless jewels that decked the assembly. Great vases of flowers filled the corners, and graced the tables of the room.
5The King came forward with long accustomed composure to the seat provided for him, near to a harpsichord in the centre of the salle: a step behind him followed the Princess. She was en pleine toilette, sparkling with jewels, and if Otto von Saale had had any worlds to give, he might almost have been pardoned had he given them for such a sight; for a creature more delicately beautiful—so absolutely set apart and pure from aught that is frivolous and vain, and yet so winning in the unconscious piquancy of her loveliness—he would scarcely find elsewhere. She
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