ne picture of Music, Love, and Laughter,
and her own young face. 'O God! O God! have I not atoned by pain?' she
moaned.

A soft evening breeze came stealing round her. Nature could give no
answer to her fearful questioning, but the gentle Spring wind kissed her
on lips and brow. She rose and took her way to the terrace. Here, too,
was ruinous neglect--grass-grown paths, moss-covered sculptures, untended
plants. She looked up at the windows of the rooms which had been Eberhard
Ludwig's; they were closed and shuttered.--Dead, everything was dead!

She hurried on towards La Favorite, her Chateau Joyeux. Here again was
ruin, and here also her own face met her sculptured everywhere--smiling,
young, and indifferent to the ruin. The flowering parterre was untended,
but the lilacs and the redthorn-trees made the garden fair. The long
Spring twilight faded, night drew near--and the Graevenitz turned away.
'Farewell,' she said aloud, 'the night comes! Farewell, Spring!'

* * * * *

That night Maria could not induce her beloved mistress to taste food. 'I
am so weary, Maria, let me rest. I think God will give me sleep,' she
said, and the faithful peasant woman left her.

In the morning Maria found her resting still. God had given her the Great
Sleep.

Printed by T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty
at the Edinburgh University Press

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Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

Page 35, "tuggted" changed to "tugged"

Page 35, "he" changed to "her"

Page 133, "Frauelein" changed to "Fraeulein"

Page 257, "an" changed to "and"

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