"If she has not returned home, it might be difficult--" "Whether difficult or easy, you will find her," Charles interrupted.
"Then, with a greeting from her warmest admirer, Charles, the music lover, announce that he does not command, but entreats her to let him hear again this evening the voice whose melody so powerfully moved his heart .-- You, Baron, will accompany the gentleman, and not return without the young lady!--What is her name ?" "Barbara Blomberg." "Barbara," repeated the sovereign, as if the name evoked an old memory; and, as though he saw before him the form of the woman he was describing, he added in a low tone: "She is blue-eyed, fairskinned and rosy, slender yet well-rounded.

A haughty, almost repellent bearing.
Thick, waving locks of golden hair." "That is witchcraft!" the baron exclaimed.

"Your Majesty is painting her portrait in words exactly, feature by feature.

Her hair is like that of Titian's daughter." "Apparently you have not failed to scrutinize her closely," remarked the Emperor sharply.

"Has she already associated with the gentlemen of the court ?" Both promptly answered in the negative, but the Emperor continued impatiently: "Then hasten! As soon as she is here, inform me .-- The meal, Malfalconnet, must be short-four courses, or five at the utmost, and no dessert.