She was a princess in all things save her lack of coldness toward the people.

It was wrong to meet them in this way, it was not in order.

Her highness had lived too long among them.

She would never rid herself of the idea that the humble had hearts and minds like the exalted.
As the figure of the head gardener diminished and shortly vanished behind a bed of palms, her highness laughed brightly, and Gretchen, to her own surprise, found herself laughing also, easily and without constraint.
"Whom were you seeking ?" her highness asked, rather startled by the undeniable beauty of this peasant.
"I was seeking your serene highness.

I live at number forty the Krumerweg, and the sick woman gave me this note for you." "Krumerweg ?" Her highness reached for the note and read it, and as she read tears gathered in her eyes.