The romance of royalty; . t he caughthold of her arm, when drawing out her dagger shestabbed him and disappeared. The remains of theEmperor were eventually placed in the crypt of theCapuchin church at Vienna, the last resting placeof his Imperial race. One of the letters he left for delivery was addressedto his wife. In this he said : My dearly beloved Carlotta,— * If one day God permits you to recoverand you read these lines, you will learn the crueltyof the ill fortune which has increasingly pursuedme since your departure for Europe, You tookwith you all my soul. So many events and so manysu
The romance of royalty; . t he caughthold of her arm, when drawing out her dagger shestabbed him and disappeared. The remains of theEmperor were eventually placed in the crypt of theCapuchin church at Vienna, the last resting placeof his Imperial race. One of the letters he left for delivery was addressedto his wife. In this he said : My dearly beloved Carlotta,— * If one day God permits you to recoverand you read these lines, you will learn the crueltyof the ill fortune which has increasingly pursuedme since your departure for Europe, You tookwith you all my soul. So many events and so manysudden blows have broken all my hopes, that deathis for me a happy deliverance and not an agony, Ifall gloriously as a soldier, as a king ; vanquishedbut not dishonoured. If your sufferings be too great,if God call you speedily to rejoin me, I will blessthe Divine hand which has so heavily pressed uponus. Adieu. Adieu. Your poor Max. Printed by Hazell, Watson <&= Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury, England. 35?. THE LIBRARYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Santa Barbara THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATESTAMPED BELOW.
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