210 Ten Years of my Life. 



The two lawyers there had telegraphed for him, and it was be- 

 lieved that he might come to some arrangement with the Govern- 

 ment. The Emperor was much against his going, as he told 

 me himself in the presence of Dr. Basch, for he had still more 

 confidence in Magnus than in any of the other ministers. 



I told the Emperor that without money I could do nothing, 

 and he sent tor Baron Lago, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, 

 who had not ventured near him for two days. I believe the 

 good Baron belonged to that great tribe which they call in 

 Germany ' harefoots ' — Hasenfiisse. He had been of the 

 opinion that the Emperor would not be shot, and treated my 

 apprehensions also as the fancies of a frightened woman ; but 

 of late he had become rather nervous, and was afraid these re- 

 publican rascals would not only shoot the Emperor, but even 

 the most sacred representative of his Imperial brother of 

 Austria ! 



The Emperor was indeed very much forsaken, and felt so ; 

 and when I told him that the Imperial imprisoned colonels 

 were all to be sent away, and my husband with them, and that 

 I should have to follow them, he was very much excited, and 

 said, ' You are the only person who has really done anything 

 for me. If you go, I am utterly forsaken.' In consequence 

 of this, it was arranged between my husband and myself that 

 he should now show his commission as a General, which he 

 had not done before, as it was said that all the Generals would 

 be shot. He was of course in no hurry for that. 



The day appointed for the trial ot the ILmperor and Mira- 

 mon and Mejia now arrived. It was to be held in the theatre, 

 which was decorated for that purpose as for a festival. It was 

 an odious idea, as it appeared to me, that the Emperor, weak 

 and sick as he was, should be placed there as an exhibition ! 



¥/hen I saw him therefore the night previous to the trial, I 

 endeavoured to persuade him not to go, but rather to take 

 something in the morning which might make him appear even 

 more sick for a time than he really was. He did not himself 

 like the idea of appearing in the theatre, but was afraid he 

 might be compelled to go. I satisfied him, however, in that 

 respect, as I had spoken before to Colonel Viilanueva, who ad- 

 vised that mode of avoiding it. 



When I arrived at the Capuchins next morning at nine 

 o'clock the prisoners were just coming out, and my heart beat, 



