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Louisa of Prussia and Her Times

by LOUISA MUHLBACH






      NAPOLEON IN GERMANY

LOUISA OF PRUSSIA AND HER TIMES


      A Historical Novel


             BY


        L。 MUHLBACH




TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY F。 JORDAN





CONTENTS。

          CAMPO FORMIO。

      I。   Dreadful Tidings
     II。   Minister von Thugut
    III。   The Interview
     IV。   The Two Ministers
      V。   The House in the Gumpendorfer Suburb
     VI。   Joseph Haydn
    VII。   General Bonaparte
   VIII。   The Treaty of Campo Formio


          THE YOUNG QUEEN OF PRUSSIA。

     IX。   Queen Louisa
      X。   The King's Recollections
     XI。   The Young King
    XII。   Frederick Gentz
   XIII。   The Interview with the Minister of Finance
    XIV。   The Memorial to Frederick William III。
     XV。   The Wedding
    XVI。   Marianne Meier
   XVII。   Love and Politics


          FRANCE AND GERMANY。

  XVIII。   Citoyenne Josephine Bonaparte
    XIX。   Bonaparte and Josephine
     XX。   The Reception of the Ambassadors
    XXI。   France and Austria
   XXII。   The Banner of Glory
  XXIII。   Minister Thugut
   XXIV。   The Festival of the Volunteers
    XXV。   The Riot


          LAST DAYS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY。

   XXVI。   Victoria de Poutet
  XXVII。   Rastadt
 XXVIII。   The Justification
   XXIX。   The Assassination
    XXX。   Jean Debry
   XXXI。   The Coalition
  XXXII。   The Friend of Peace
 XXXIII。   The Legitimate Wife
  XXXIV。   The Eighteenth of Brumaire


          THE PEACE OF LUNEVILLE。

   XXXV。   Johannes Muller
  XXXVI。   Thugut's Fall
 XXXVII。   Fanny von Arnstein
XXXVIII。   The Rivals
  XXXIX。   The Legacy
     XL。   The First Consul
    XLI。   Two German Savants


          THE THIRD COALITION。

  XLVII。   The Emperor Napoleon
 XLVIII。   Napoleon and the German Princes
   XLIV。   Queen Louisa's Piano Lesson
    XLV。   The Conference
   XLVI。   The Oath at the Grave of Frederick the Great


          THE FALL OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE。

  XLVII。   Evil Tidings
 XLVIII。   Before the Battle
   XLIX。   ;Gott Erhalte Franz den Kaiser� �
      L。   Patriotism
     LI。   Judith
    LII。   Napoleon and the Prussian Minister
   LIII。   Judith and Holofernes
    LIV。   The Fall of the German Empire


          THE BATTLE OF JENA。

     LV。   A German Bookseller and Martyr
    LVI。   The Arrest
   LVII。   A Wife's Love
  LVIII。   The Women of Braunau
    LIX。   The Last Hour
     LX。   Prussia's Declaration of War
    LXI。   A Bad Omen
   LXII。   Before the Battle
  LXIII。   The German Philosopher





CAMPO FORMIO。


CHAPTER I。

DREADFUL TIDINGS。


The population of Vienna was paralyzed with terror�察�a heavy gloom
weighed down all minds�察�and the strength of the stoutest hearts
seemed broken。 Couriers had arrived today from the camp of the army��
and brought the dreadful tidings of an overwhelming defeat of the
Austrian forces。 Bonaparte�察�the young general of the French
Republic�察�who�察�in the course of one year ��1796���察�had won as many
battles and as much glory as many a great and illustrious warrior
during the whole course of an eventful lifeBonaparte had crossed
the Italian Alps with the serried columns of his army�察�and the most
trusted military leaders of Austria were fleeing before him in
dismay。 The hero of Lodi and Arcole had won new victories�察�and these
victories constantly diminished the distance between his army and
the menaced capital of Austria。

Archduke Charles had been defeated by Massena�察�and driven back to
Villach�察�Bernadotte had reached Laybach�察�the citadels of Goritz��
Triest�察�and Laybach had surrendered�察�Klagenfurth�察�after a most
desperate struggle�察�had been forced to open its gates to the
conquerors�察�Loudon�察�with his brave troops�察�had been dispersed in the
Tyrol�察�Botzen had opened its gates to General Joubert�察�who�察�after a
brief sojourn�察�left that city in order to join Bonaparte�察�who�察�in
his victorious career�察�was advancing resistlessly toward Vienna。

Such were tidings which the couriers had brought�察�and these tidings
were well calculated to produce a panic in the Austrian capital。
While the court and the nobility were concealing their grief and
their sorrows in the interior of their palaces�察�the populace rushed
into the streets�察�anxiously inquiring for later intelligence�察�and
still hopeful that God in His mercy might perhaps send down some ray
of light that would dispel this gloom of anguish and despair。

But a pall covered Vienna�察�and everybody looked sad and dejected。
Suddenly some new movement of terror seemed to pervade the crowd
that had gathered on the Kohlmarkt。 ��Footnote�此�Cabbage Market。�А�As
if a storm were raising up the waves of this black sea of human
figures�察�the dense mass commenced to undulate to and fro�察�and a wail
of distress arose�察�growing louder and louder�察�until it finally broke
out into the terrible cry�此 �The emperor has deserted us� �the emperor
and the empress have fled from Vienna� �

While the masses were bewailing this new misfortune with the
manifestations of despair�察�while they assembled in small groups to
comment vociferously on this last and most dreadful event of the
day�察�all of a sudden Hungarian hussars galloped up and commanded the
people�察�in the most peremptory manner�察�to stand aside and to open a
passage for the wagons which were about to enter the market from one
of the adjoining streets。

The people�察�intimidated by the flashing swords and harsh words of
the soldiers�察�fell back and gazed with an expression of anxious
suspense upon the strange procession which now made its appearance。

This procession consisted of twelve wagons�察�apparently not destined
to receive living men�察�but the remains of the dead。 The broad and
heavy wheels were not surmounted by ordinary carriage´boxes�察�but by
immense iron trunks�察�large enough to enclose a coffin or a corpse��
and these trunks were covered with heavy blankets�察�the four corners
of which contained the imperial crown of Austria in beautiful
embroidery。 Every one of these strange wagons was drawn by six
horses�察�mounted by jockeys in the imperial livery�察�while the hussars
of the emperor's Hungarian bodyguard rode in serried ranks on both
sides。

The horses drew these mysterious wagons slowly and heavily through
the streets�察�the wheels rolled with a dull�察�thundering noise over
the uneven pavement�察�and this noise resounded in the ears and hearts
of the pale and terrified spectators like the premonitory signs of
some new thunderstorm。

What was concealed in these mysterious wagons�拭�What was taken away
from Vienna in so careful a manner and guarded so closely�拭�Everybody
was asking these questions�察�but only in the depth of his own heart��
for nobody dared to interrupt the painful and anxious silence by a
loud word or an inquisitive phrase。 Every one seemed to be
fascinated by the forbidding glances of the hussars�察�and stunned by
the dull rumbling of the wheels。

But�察�when finally the last wagon had disappeared in the next street��
when the last horseman of the hussar escort had left the place�察�the
eyes of the anxious spectators turned once more toward the speakers
who had previously addressed them�察�and told them of the misfortunes
of Austria�察�and of the brilliant victories of the youthful French
General Bonaparte。

;What do those wagons contain�拭─�shouted the crowd。 ;We want to know
it�察�and we must know it� �

;If you must know it�察�why did you not ask the soldiers themselves�拭�
shouted a sneering voice in the crowd。

;Yes�察�yes�察─�said another voice�察 �why did you not approach the wagons
and knock at the trunks��may be the devil would have jumped out and
shown you his pretty face� �

The people paid no attention to these sneering remarks。 The painful
uncertainty�察�the anxious excitement continued unabated�察�and
everybody made surmises concerning the contents of the wagons。

;The trunks contain perhaps the coffins of the imperial ancestors��
which have been removed from the Kapuzinergruft�察�in order to save
them from the French�察─�said an honest tailor to his neighbor�察�and
this romantic idea rolled immediately�察�like an avalanche�察�through
the vast crowd。

;They are removing the remains of the old emperors from Vienna� �
wailed the crowd。 ;Even the tombs are no longer safe� �They are
saving the corpses of the emperors�察�but they are forsaking usthe
living� �They abandon us to the tender mercies of the enemy� �All who
have not got the money to escape are lost� �The French will come and
kill us all� �

;We will not permit it� ─�shouted a stentorian voice。 ;We want to
keep the remains of Maria Theresa and of the great Emperor Joseph
here in Vienna。 As long as they lived they loved the people of the
capital�察�and they will protect us in death。 Come�察�brethren�察�come��
let us follow the wagonslet us stop them and take the bodies back
to the Kapuzinergruft ��Footnote�此�Vaults of the Capuchins�А─�

;Yes�察�let us follow the wagons and stop them�察─�yelled the crowd��
which now�察�when it could no longer see the flashing and threatening
weapons of the soldiers�察�felt exceedingly brave。

Suddenly�察�however�察�these furious shouts and yells were interrupted
by a powerf

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