Society recollections in Paris and Vienna, 1879-1904 . by a lady who wished to remain unknown ;it was enough for her to know that the King derivedpleasure from these flowers. The King used to repayevery little offering magnificently, but in this case hecould do nothing at all. He tried to find out from thechief of his Cabinet, Ziegler, who the lady was ; andZiegler told him that she did not require any return forher present. The King regretted that he could not thankher, and kept his word to Ziegler by not letting her knowthat he was aware who sent him the flowers. He alwayslooked forward with
Society recollections in Paris and Vienna, 1879-1904 . by a lady who wished to remain unknown ;it was enough for her to know that the King derivedpleasure from these flowers. The King used to repayevery little offering magnificently, but in this case hecould do nothing at all. He tried to find out from thechief of his Cabinet, Ziegler, who the lady was ; andZiegler told him that she did not require any return forher present. The King regretted that he could not thankher, and kept his word to Ziegler by not letting her knowthat he was aware who sent him the flowers. He alwayslooked forward with pleasure to these lilies from Ham-burg, and when they came a day or two late he wasmost anxious about them. When they arrived he ex-claimed quite happily, Oh, at last! This fondnessfor the lily had its reason in that it was the flower of theBourbons and of the much-regretted Marie Antoinette,whom he greatly admired. He always wore a medallionround his neck, which contained the leaf of a lily. Evenat his death one was found on his person. No one ever. LUDWIG II OF BAVARIA [ To /ace page 102 In Paris and Vienna 1879-1904 knew afterwards what became of this medaUion. TheHHes he received from Hamburg he said were the mostbeautiful that he had ever seen; they were placed inhigh vases on both sides of his writing-table, and henever parted with them until they were faded. Whenhe went to meet his death from Neuschwanstein he said: I send the lady thanks for her trueness to me. Forher attention I was never allowed to thank her. King Ludwig II never had a profound affection forany woman, not even for his fiancee, the Princess Sophieof Bavaria. The people did not care much at the timefor the match, and no one was sorry when it wasbroken off. The King found out quite by chance thatshe was in love with the photographer of the Court,Hanfstangl, and had very good reasons to break off themarriage, which would probably have been an unhappyone. He was very fond of the Empress of Russia, andhis
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