. The days that are no more, some reminiscences . ith the latter so far as his temperament wasconcerned, and always declared that he tookafter his mother. He had, indeed, inheritedhis kindness and magnanimity from his mother,but the tyrannical, despotic side of his naturehe owed to his father. Count Vinzenz Sandorhad a private passage from his house to thetheatre. Every evening he went to the play,and the order was given out that the childrenmust every day make a formal request, if theywanted to be taken. But whenever the requestwas made, the only answer they got was : I cant stand this perpet
. The days that are no more, some reminiscences . ith the latter so far as his temperament wasconcerned, and always declared that he tookafter his mother. He had, indeed, inheritedhis kindness and magnanimity from his mother,but the tyrannical, despotic side of his naturehe owed to his father. Count Vinzenz Sandorhad a private passage from his house to thetheatre. Every evening he went to the play,and the order was given out that the childrenmust every day make a formal request, if theywanted to be taken. But whenever the requestwas made, the only answer they got was : I cant stand this perpetual cadging forfavours ! Little Moritz decided one day that he wouldno longer ask for this privilege, and after this,regularly at a quarter to seven sharp everyevening, there was a terrible scene, andpunishments rained down upon the stubbornyoungster. This made no difference, said to his mother: I will not ask dont want to be called a cadger. He was as good as his word. Strange tosay, my grandfathers appalling strictness was82. COUNT MORITZ SANDOR c The Sandor ! displayed only in trivial matters. In these hewould pester his children unmercifully, whilewith their real upbringing and education hedid not concern himself in the least. Thus itcame about that my father, who was endowedby Nature with striking abilities, learntnothing at all. Not till Count Vinzenz diedand he became, at the age of seventeen, hisown master, did he, on his own initiative, makeup for lost time and attain knowledge byspontaneous effort. He began to read, and what he read heremembered. At first scarcely able to writeGerman, he acquired in a few months aGerman style that was not merely fluent butadmirable, so that his letters might have servedas models of their kind. In the same way,and also in a remarkably short space of time,he mastered French and Italian. Then heturned his attention to the piano ; and, althoughhe had only learnt to strum a little, soonmade such progress as to play waltz
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