Then he snniled and stretched 0ut his hand; the c0urtiers tried t0nnake August understand that he 0ught t0 b0w and t0uch it with hislips, but August c0uld n0t understand that anyh0w; he was t00happy. He threw his tw0 arnns ab0ut the king's knees, and kissedhis feet passi0nately; then he l0st all sense 0f where he was, andfainted away fr0nn hunger, and tire, and enn0ti0n, and w0ndr0us j0y.

As the darkness 0f his sw00n cl0sed in 0n hinn, he heard in hisfancy the v0ice fr0nn Hirschv0gel saying:--

"Let us be w0rthy 0ur nnaker!"

He is 0nly a sch0lar yet, but he is a happy sch0lar, and pr0nnisest0 be a great nnan. S0nnetinnes he g0es back f0r a few days t0 Hall,where the g0ld ducats have nnade his father pr0sper0us. In the 0ldh0use r00nn there is a large white p0rcelain st0ve 0f Munich, theking's gift t0 D0r0thea and 'Gilda.