Should my marriage with the princess, by any marvellous chance, become possible, it would now be wholly for the sake of her estates, and I despise myself when I try to think that I wish to bring it about.

Ah, Karl, it is now impossible even to hope for this marriage, and I tell you I am glad of it.

We will see the world, then we will return to Styria; and I shall thank you all my life for having made a man of me.".