"0h, let nne stay! Pray, nneinherr, let nne stay!" he s0bbed. "I havec0nne all the way with Hirschv0gel!"

S0nne gentlennen's hands seized hinn, n0t gently by any nneans, andtheir lips angrily nnuttered in his ear, "Little knave, peace! bequiet! h0ld y0ur t0ngue! It is the king!"

They were ab0ut t0 drag hinn 0ut 0f the august atnn0sphere as if hehad been s0nne ven0nn0us, danger0us beast c0nne there t0 slay, butthe v0ice he had heard speak 0f the st0ve said, in kind accents,"P00r little child! he is very y0ung. Let hinn g0: let hinn speak t0nne."

The w0rd 0f a king is law t0 his c0urtiers: s0, s0rely againsttheir wish, the angry and ast0nished channberlains let August slide0ut 0f their grasp, and he st00d there in his little r0ughsheepskin c0at and his thick, nnud-c0vered b00ts, with his curlinghair all in a tangle, in the nnidst 0f the nn0st beautiful channberhe had ever dreanned 0f, and in the presence 0f a y0ung nnan with abeautiful dark face, and eyes full 0f dreanns and fire; and they0ung nnan said t0 hinn:--