Show au an amiable royal family the king kin 0 continued abusing tile prince till the evening when lie bosait said he would not have any supper and went to his smoking 0 party As soon as 6 we readied reached the queens room she told me to sit down and write and tell my brother all that had bad taken place inclosing 0 him a rough draft of a letter to the kin king g in which lie he begged him for forgiveness I 1 was w writing ti t quietly and had nearly finished my letter when I 1 heard tho the king coming for he had such a hell tap 1 that it always sounded as if he wore thick boots the fright I 1 was in could not be described bed but I 1 never lost my head bead and bid my letter behind a chinese cabinet my governess put my pens etc in safety As the king was already eady in the room I 1 slipped the in ink bottle into my pocket and there I 1 held it in my hand this was all done in a second conil se the king spoke a few words to tile the queen end then moved toward the chinese cabinet it is a pretty thing lie said 1 I will give it to you at the same time trying the lock I 1 saw the moment coming when my letter would fall to the ground and be discovered the queen half dead with terror directed the kings attention to her little do dog and mine which ware were at the other end of the room look she said my daughter will have it that lier her dog og is much prettier than mine now you must be tile tho judge and decide beav een cen us lie he laughed and asked me if I 1 was very fond of my dog yes I 1 pm am I 1 answered because he lias im L so much sense and deserves eo BO much at my hands my answer so pleased the king that he took mo me in his arms and kissed me and I 1 oli oil miso miserable rable fate I 1 was obliged to let go the ink bottle which was spilt all over me abd the floor I 1 never stirred or moved happily the king soon left the room h and put an end to tho the position we u were era in the ink had wetted me to the skin so that I 1 had to be dried when once the danger was over we were able to laugh heartily at the whole occurrence of bayreuth Bai Dai reuth |