This piece of sculpture, which is created in her honour, to afford her pleasure, must greet her on her arrival, so the Regent send me to-day to communicate his wish, which, as he represents the Queen--" "Yet," interrupted the architect, who had again warmly assured the old man's granddaughter of his aid, "yet your friends will endeavour to persuade the Regent to find another place for the statues." "They are at liberty to do so," said the officer.

"What will happen later the future will show.

My office merely requires me to induce the worthy owner of this house and garden to submit to-day to the Queen's command, which the Regent and my own heart bid me clothe in the form of a request." During this conversation the old man had at first listened silently to the magistrate's words, gazing intently into his face.

So it was true.
The demand to yield up his garden, and even the little house, for fifty years the scene of his study and creative work, for the sake of a statue, would be made.

Since this had become a certainty, he had stood with his eyes fixed upon the ground.