"If such were the queen's sentiments, I suppose she profited by the great influence which she is said to have over her husband, to prevail upon him to take a bold stand, and you bring me the news of it as the final result of your mission, do you not?""Pardon me, your majesty, I do not. It seems the influence of the queen does not go far enough to induce the king to change his mind after he has once made it up. Now, the king has resolved not to ally himself with Austria at this juncture, but to wait until Austria, as he says, `has dealt the Emperor of the French another blow.' All my interviews with the king were, as it were, only variations of this theme. In the last interview which I had with the king, he did not express any thing but what he had already told me in the first. He repeated that he would, as soon as Austria had dealt France another decisive blow, send an officer out of uniform to the headquarters of your majesty; but then, he added, `I hope to come myself, and not alone.' When I took leave of the queen, she was even sadder than usual, and her voice was tremulous, and her eyes filled with tears, when she said to me she hoped to meet me soon again under more favorable circumstances.""And what did the other persons at the Prussian court say? How did the princes, the generals, and ministers express themselves?""Prince William, the king's brother, said to me with a shrug: `You will not find the spirit reigning here much to your taste. The king's irresolution will ruin him again.' The princess, his wife, apologized for not inviting me to dinner, the king having positively forbidden her to do so. The king's generals and ministers unreservedly gave vent to their impatience and indignation. Grand-chancellor von Beyme said to me: 'The king would like to unite with you, but he cannot make up his mind to do so. However, as everybody about him is earnestly in favor of an alliance with Austria, I hope that the king will be carried away.'[Footnote: "Lebensbilder," vol.
同类推荐
热门推荐
TFBOYS之穿越时空的爱恋
TFBOYS穿越时空,来到几千年前的古代,成为王、易两家的公子。意外的与上官凝雪、司徒清舞和苏雨墨展开了一段奇异的恋情。上官凝雪她们知道TFBOYS的真实身份吗?他们又能否重新回到原来的世界吗?一切“你猜呀”极品娇妻之我的男人是鬼王
这个世界上到底有没有鬼?就让我,林三娘为你们揭开另外一个世界的神秘面纱。爱唠叨的妖精,犯花痴的神仙外加经常翘班的冥界众官员们...咳咳,说好的高冷傲娇呢?话说你们不是走男神女神路线的么?这么逗比,玉帝知道么?都市少数捉妖道人+千奇百怪的邪魔外道们,外加高冷傲家跟逗比内置的性格设定。这种酸爽,你们懂的~