-four thousand
florins; in playing the second game, Angelo knew how to arrange
the play so finely that the loser regained the last amount. This
fine trait of Angelo won for him admiration, and gained for him
numerous congratulations. The transient favor of chance did not
dazzle him; on the contrary, apprehending his fickleness, he
never again ventured any big sum. He amused himself with chess
and had the reputation of being one of the best players of this
game of his time.

At the age of ---- he married a widow, Madame de Christiani, nee
Kellerman, of Belgium origin. The prince did not know of this
marriage. Perhaps Angelo had reasons for concealing it. A later
event has justified his silence. The Emperor Joseph II, who had a
lively interest in everything concerning Angelo and who, as a
mark of distinction, even walked arm in arm with him, made known
to Prince Lichtenstein one day, without foreseeing the
consequences, Angelo's secret. The latter called Angelo, and
questioned him. Angelo admitted his marriage. The prince
announced that he would banish him from his house, and erase his
name from his will. He had intended to give him some diamonds of
considerable value, with which Angelo was accustomed to being
decked when he followed his master on festive days.

Angelo, who had asked favors so often for others, did not say one
word for himself. He left the palace to live in a distant suburb,
in a small house bought a long time before, and transferred to
his wife. He lived with her in this retreat, enjoying domestic
happiness. The most careful education of his only daughter,
Madame the Baroness of Houechters-leoeen, who is no longer living,
the cultivation of his garden, the social intercourse of several
learned and estimable men, were his occupations and his
pleasures.

About two years after the death of Prince Wenceslas of
Lichtenstein, his nephew and heir, the Prince Francis, saw Angelo
in the street. He ordered his carriage to be stopped, had him
enter it, and told him that, being convinced of his innocence, he
was resolved to make amends for the injustice of his uncle.
Consequently he assigned to Angelo an income revertible after his
death to Madam Solimann. The only thing which the prince asked of
Angelo was to supervise the e