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to be left behind as I still deemed it among strangers ; and 

 I inquired very pitifully if my teachers were to accompany me. 

 Nothing of the kind, no question about it, was the reply. 

 Amusement was the object of the day ; so I began to be tolera- 

 bly reconciled. 



" Such was my father's satisfaction at the prospect of taking 

 this journey with his beloved princess, that not till just going 

 out of the door did he remark my troubled looks, and that I had 

 been crying. Mistaking the cause, he said in an affectionate 

 manner, l Do not grieve, my dear, I shall soon be back.' Of a 

 childish nature as was my grief, so was now my merriment at 

 the mistake. He had almost persuaded me I was glad he was 

 going ; thought, at least, I should have my liberty, which I 

 viewed not to be the case as I then was. But I was unjust 

 toward my father, while he was as kind as fathers in. general. 

 I took everything amiss, as, for instance, my having these 

 different masters. The fact was, I was unhappy everywhere, 

 viewed Germany a great way off, as I called it. I was what 

 we call homesick, ra disagreeable complaint, for a time in- 

 curable. 



" The Countess, in her evenings with us previous to this 

 contemplated journey, held out pleasing ideas of things to take 

 place when I should be with her. We were to go to a ball at 

 court (all genteel amusements at Munich being at court). 

 Count Nogarola (husband to the Countess) not keeping his 

 carriage at the time, my father was to lend us his, since he would 

 not need it, as he was to take the journey with the Princess in 

 her carriage. So we had planned many and various amuse- 

 ments. But for all that, when I saw my father make prepara- 

 tions for his journey, I would be crying, but with no one to 

 witness my tears but little Cora. 



" My father, being high in military station, could not go 

 away at a minute's warning, as at this moment he was in com- 

 mand of the Bavarian troops, and there was war on all sides. 

 The French and Austrians both attempted to enter the city, but 

 were prevented. The time for the journey having come, the 

 Countess arrived to escort me to her house, and the Princess 



