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e face of the empress,
with a suppressed sigh
wn the rich masses of
ernly at the reflection
saw how Charlotte's h
. Again she raised her
that anger was unbecomi
but purple; and the s
wrinkle. Her bosom hea
i
A
ever again to find fav
les are the last glow
an I smile, when my he
loveliest woman he h
he knelt at my feet, a
indeed old, and n
ze her own features, th
y mass of puffs and b
ted for the day gave w
in her head, and, miser
und her cruelly. Start
of reproaches upon Char
n ever, repaired the d
f white roses. These w
the empress's face. Sh
ontrol, tore the flow
hem on t
Y
st me," cried the emp
o disfigure me, and ma
ch a ridiculous struc
e perambulating castle
let it not be such a r
rlo
d her mistress that the
She had nothing to do
er work
was at an end. The e
and convinced that she
or her tire woman. In
, rich embroidered t
e flashing with diam
urveyed both maids an
silence she reached o
d for high heeled shoe
ficent dress which enh
a word she dismissed
se task it was to giv
verything else had b
g
ore that high Venetian
e of regal beauty. For
oot; and at last – at
satisfaction, and a sm
er m
N
it is not so. I am ne
yet set forever. My F
younger women may be,
, and we will yet be h
n so lovely a woman a
s life as husband of t
metimes wanders from h
rn to me; for if I we
be valueless
rlo
stress with the comb in
d the plaintive tone
t lay a world of migh
ened as she thought th
empress had fancied h
re thus struggling into
rlotte from view, and a
nance as she aw
dd
nd putting her hand t
oice of indescribable
arry, never marry a man
inconstant fro
, beloved mistress,"
confidence. "I wish t
y's se
D
for a lifetime with my
. "You know, Charlot
my heart was bleeding
n anger, I must have s
ths of my heart, and w
y secret of my state c
r the regal mantle. A
ity. Go, now, Charlotte
's love for you. Tell
ring him here. Let the
on room, and tell the
ty that I request the
i
rlo
t the room, her hear
orrow for the empress
g encounter. "I will t
illed with tears, bu
roached, and the gover
e Ferdinand