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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