My own story . doubtless the souls in Purgatory had many extraMasses said for them, and as the Court priestspocketed five marks for each Mass I imaginethey were not deeply disturbed at our familydifferences. When the King fully realised that for thetime being his plans had miscarried, he sent forme, and in tones of cold hatred disclosed thearrangements he contemplated making on mybehalf, and I think at this interview religionmust have fled weeping from his presence We faced each other, outwardly calm, and hesaid, coming straight to the point, It hasbecome annoying and wearisome for me toposses
My own story . doubtless the souls in Purgatory had many extraMasses said for them, and as the Court priestspocketed five marks for each Mass I imaginethey were not deeply disturbed at our familydifferences. When the King fully realised that for thetime being his plans had miscarried, he sent forme, and in tones of cold hatred disclosed thearrangements he contemplated making on mybehalf, and I think at this interview religionmust have fled weeping from his presence We faced each other, outwardly calm, and hesaid, coming straight to the point, It hasbecome annoying and wearisome for me topossess you as a daughter-in-law, Louisa. Theviews you entertain, and the contempt you dis-play for the traditions of our Coiurt convince methat you are not in the way of fulfilling my idealof what a Queen of Saxony should be. I dislikeyou personally, I have always done so, and . .therefore I intend to have you removed. I onlyregret that our ridiculous modem ideas do notpermit me to imprison you for life, or better. MY OWN STORY 243 Still, he continued, to cause you to disappearso completely that your fate would never beknown. You have now fulfilled your destiny,which was to provide princes to continue ourline, and so I have no further use for you. But,Louisa, I now tell you what I have alwaysthought, and that is that you are mad—andthat the Bourbon-Habsburg eccentricities haveso developed in you that they have become thecause of your state of mind. So, my poor Louisa, as there is happilyevery provision made nowadays for the insane,I shall personally interest myself in seeing thatyou are guarded from the consequences of youractions. He left me without another word, and Frauvon Fritsch, who had doubtless been an inter-ested listener to the conversation, came into theboudoir in a state of excitement, and at oncebegan to glorify my father-in-law. He is so just, so good, and so consideratefor your welfare, she said, he wishes to keepyour husband in ignorance of many sad truthsconcernin
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