294 Ten Years of my Life. 



nation about bis behaviour, to ladies, when he knowingly said, 

 ' Ladies ! ah well, they are ito ladies ! ' The Duke and my 

 husband were still upstairs in the room settling, the bill, but at 

 my call the Prince came at once, and having been informed 

 of the behaviour of the stranger, he went up to him asking for 

 his card, for, as I said before, the fellow looked liked a gentle- 

 man. He had no card, and on this and what he said Salm 

 became furious, and his sword, always very loose in its scab- 

 bard, flashed out at once. When the man saw that, fright 

 sobered him, and he ran away as fast as he could. Some 

 policemen who were near ran after him. He was a man from 

 Hamburg, who had made a bet to drink a great number of 

 bottles of champagne within a certain short space of time. 

 The authorities obliged him to leave next day. 



On May 22 the Duchess of Ossuna had invited us to a din- 

 ner at Rheingrafenstein, in the neighbourhood of which her 

 stepfather, Prince Solms-Braunfels, had a viila. I was pre- 

 sented there to the Prince and Princess, and the Duchess's 

 half-sisters. We spent a jjleasant day and came home rather 

 late. 



In the following weeks I was almost always in Bonn, to con- 

 tinue my cure and to pursue my studies in the hospital. On 

 the 24th I went with the doctors to the operation room, and 

 assisted at three operations made by Professor Busch. I was 

 not in the least nervous, and saw and noticed everything with 

 the greatest interest. On June i I commenced to assist the 

 Professor and learn hov/ to dress wounds. I attended also in 

 the operation room, and admired the consummate skill of the 

 Professor, who cuts off a leg or an arm in an incredibly short 



time. 



On June 6 I went to Coblentz to the christening of a child 

 in the English church in the Queen's palace. After that we 

 dined at the hotel, and it was discovered to the dismay of 

 several, amongst whom I was one, that we were thirteen at the 

 table ! Amongst these thirteen were my husband and Colonel 

 Count Waldersee, who both were dead before three months ! 



As the physician thought it beneficial for me to use the 

 waters of Ems, I went there to remain for a time, on the 20th. 

 The Duchess recommended to me her physician, Dr. Vogel, 

 who called and advised me to bathe and to drink the water 

 mixed with milk 



