She loved his eldest boy passionately and everybody who was close to her could see it.
"When I was ten years old and Philip fifteen, an unusually charming girl was added to our little circle.

I above everybody else was enchanted with her.

Our friends at the castle and even Philip, who certainly was not easily filled with enthusiasm, were extremely enthusiastic about our new playmate.

She was a girl of eleven years old, you see just a year older than I was.

She was far, far above me, though, in knowledge, ability, and especially in her manners and whole behaviour, so that I was perfectly carried away by her charm.
"Her name was Leonore.