Prince Frederick William of Prussia took compassion on the poor child.

The sister had not remarked him in her paroxysm of rage; had never heard him enter.

He had been a witness to Wilhelmine's ill-treatment.

He now defended her, blaming her sister for her cruelty to her, and declared his intention to be her future protector.

How handsome he looked; how noble in his anger; how his eyes flashed as he gazed upon her, who knelt at his feet, and kissed them, looking up to him as her rescuer! "Wilhelmine, come with me; I do not wish you to remain here," said he; "your sister will never forgive you that I have taken your part.