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CHAPTER XIX. 



New Year — The * little bills ' — In a whirlpool — Our new Colonel, Count 

 Waldersee — In Berlin — An evening party at her Majesty's — The 

 brother of Maximilian — Audience with their Royal Highnesses the 

 Crown Prince and Crown Princess — Their great kindness — Grand 

 Court-day — I conquer China — Baroness Schleinitz — Grand Ope^a 

 Ball — The whole Court present — Carnival in Coblentz — Balls — 



Fancy Ball at Mr. von C 's — A Spanish Quadrille — Fancy Ball 



at General von Ilerwarth's — A fishy Quadrille — Mayence — Prince of 

 Holstein — Bonn — Professor Dr. Busch — 1st of April — Studying in the 

 Hospitals — Salm promoted — Sad forebodings — Return of the Queen 

 to Coblentz — Season in Ems — The Duke of Ossuna— His Majesty the 

 Emperor of Russia — Princess Rose Sahn-Salm — An unpleasant occur- 

 rence — At Prince Sohns-Braunfels — Thirteen at the table ! — Our set 

 in Ems- — With his Majesty — The Duchess of Ossuna and her train — 

 Prince Albrecht of Prussia — Brilliant misery — Again in Bonn- — -Ru- 

 mours in Ems — Supper with the King — A Review in Ems — Dinner 

 at her Majesty's in Coblentz — A cafe-dansanl — Caught in a shower — 

 Arrival in Ems — The King and Benedetti — Sensation — Supper with 

 his Majesty — How the King looked— I tell his Majesty that I shall go 

 with the army — Concert at the Swiss house in Coblentz — How the 

 King and Queen were received — War declared — Taking leave of his 

 Majesty — Attecting scene — The King gives me his photograph — ■ 

 Panic in Ems — Return to Coblentz — The behaviour of the Germans 

 — Leave-taking of the Queen — Approval of my resolution — In 

 Bonn — I receive a certificate from Proiessor Dr. Busch — In the Aula 

 — Professor Dr. Busch appointed Surgeon-General of 8th Army Corps 

 — I am to accompany him — Arrival of Colonel Corvin— Of Mrs. von 

 Covvin — Of Princess Minna and Florentine Salm — Preparations — 

 Dark forebodings — A conversation between Salm and Corvin — The 

 regiment ' Queen Augusta' leaving — Farewell to Salm — A sad mother 

 and sad wife. 



On my return to Coblentz I did find the ' little bills.' They 

 arrived in shoals, but necessity compelled me to go on in the 

 usual way. The season was not over yet, and teas, suppers, 

 and balls had to be attended. I tried to forget my troubles — 



