Wanda, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Wanda, Vol. 2 of 3<br><br>'He called once,' she answered, 'and I heard him speak at the Chamber.'<br><br>'And was that all' cried the Princess, disappointed.<br><br>'He speaks very well in public,' added Wanda, 'and he said many tender and grateful things of you, and sent you many messages - such grateful ones that my memory is too clumsy a tray to hold such eggshell china.'<br><br>She was angered with herself as she spoke, but the fragrance of the white lilac and the remembrance of its donor pursued her - angered with herself, too, because Hohenszalras seemed for the moment sombre, solitary, still, almost melancholy, wrapped in that winter whiteness and stillness which she had always loved so well.<br><br>The next morning she saw all her people, visited her schools and her stables, and tried to persuade herself that she was as contented as ever.<br><br>The aurist came from Paris shortly after her, and consoled the Princess by assuring her that the slight deafness she suffered from occasionally was due to cold.<br><br>'Of course!' she said, with some triumph.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.