26/27 Wealth reconciles, equalizes everything. So we will be rich, rich. Baroness de Simonie will give another entertainment to-morrow. She will invite all her friends and acquaintances, but especially Count Andreossy's aids, Colonel Mariage, Captain de Guesniard, Lieutenant-colonel Schweitzer, the two Counts von Poldring, and moreover a number of French and Austrian officers, magistrates and ladies. It must be a brilliant fete--all the rooms crowded with people, that some, without attracting attention, may be able to retire and hold a familiar conversation." "Of course, of course, my beautiful Leonore, and as your uncle and major-domo, I will do everything in my power for your honor! And now, my child, farewell! I will go to Schoenbrunn, to report to the emperor. |