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By
this
time
we
had
reached
the
point
at
which
the
Drunstall
road
,
by
which
the
General
had
come
,
diverges
from
the
road
which
we
were
traveling
to
Karnstein
.
"
How
far
is
it
to
the
ruins
?
"
inquired
the
General
,
looking
anxiously
forward
.
"
About
half
a
league
,
"
answered
my
father
.
"
Pray
let
us
hear
the
story
you
were
so
good
as
to
promise
.
"
"
With
all
my
heart
,
"
said
the
General
,
with
an
effort
;
and
after
a
short
pause
in
which
to
arrange
his
subject
,
he
commenced
one
of
the
strangest
narratives
I
ever
heard
.
"
My
dear
child
was
looking
forward
with
great
pleasure
to
the
visit
you
had
been
so
good
as
to
arrange
for
her
to
your
charming
daughter
.
"
Here
he
made
me
a
gallant
but
melancholy
bow
.
"
In
the
meantime
we
had
an
invitation
to
my
old
friend
the
Count
Carlsfeld
,
whose
schloss
is
about
six
leagues
to
the
other
side
of
Karnstein
.
It
was
to
attend
the
series
of
fetes
which
,
you
remember
,
were
given
by
him
in
honor
of
his
illustrious
visitor
,
the
Grand
Duke
Charles
.
"
"
Yes
;
and
very
splendid
,
I
believe
,
they
were
,
"
said
my
father
.
"
Princely
!
But
then
his
hospitalities
are
quite
regal
.
He
has
Aladdin
's
lamp
.
The
night
from
which
my
sorrow
dates
was
devoted
to
a
magnificent
masquerade
.
The
grounds
were
thrown
open
,
the
trees
hung
with
colored
lamps
.
There
was
such
a
display
of
fireworks
as
Paris
itself
had
never
witnessed
.
And
such
music
--
music
,
you
know
,
is
my
weakness
--
such
ravishing
music
!
The
finest
instrumental
band
,
perhaps
,
in
the
world
,
and
the
finest
singers
who
could
be
collected
from
all
the
great
operas
in
Europe
.
As
you
wandered
through
these
fantastically
illuminated
grounds
,
the
moon-lighted
chateau
throwing
a
rosy
light
from
its
long
rows
of
windows
,
you
would
suddenly
hear
these
ravishing
voices
stealing
from
the
silence
of
some
grove
,
or
rising
from
boats
upon
the
lake
.
I
felt
myself
,
as
I
looked
and
listened
,
carried
back
into
the
romance
and
poetry
of
my
early
youth
.
"
When
the
fireworks
were
ended
,
and
the
ball
beginning
,
we
returned
to
the
noble
suite
of
rooms
that
were
thrown
open
to
the
dancers
.
A
masked
ball
,
you
know
,
is
a
beautiful
sight
;
but
so
brilliant
a
spectacle
of
the
kind
I
never
saw
before
.
"
It
was
a
very
aristocratic
assembly
.
I
was
myself
almost
the
only
'
nobody
'
present
.
"
My
dear
child
was
looking
quite
beautiful
.
She
wore
no
mask
.
Her
excitement
and
delight
added
an
unspeakable
charm
to
her
features
,
always
lovely
.
I
remarked
a
young
lady
,
dressed
magnificently
,
but
wearing
a
mask
,
who
appeared
to
me
to
be
observing
my
ward
with
extraordinary
interest
.
I
had
seen
her
,
earlier
in
the
evening
,
in
the
great
hall
,
and
again
,
for
a
few
minutes
,
walking
near
us
,
on
the
terrace
under
the
castle
windows
,
similarly
employed
.
A
lady
,
also
masked
,
richly
and
gravely
dressed
,
and
with
a
stately
air
,
like
a
person
of
rank
,
accompanied
her
as
a
chaperon
.
