I had occasion to read some of Aehrenthal's letters to Franz Ferdinand which, perhaps unintentionally, had a slight ironical flavour which made the Archduke feel he was not being taken seriously.

He was particularly sensitive in this respect.
When Aehrenthal fell ill the Archduke made unkind remarks about the dying man, and there was great and general indignation at the want of feeling shown by him.

He represented the Emperor at the first part of the funeral service, and afterwards received me at the Belvedere.

We were standing in the courtyard when the procession, with the hearse, passed on the way to the station.

The Archduke disappeared quickly into a cottage close by, the windows of which looked on to the road, and there, concealed behind the window curtain, he watched the procession pass.