She must sing both airs, or she may find herself at Spandau for her obstinacy, where her husband is, for the same reason.
She can reflect, and judge for herself." The director could scarcely repress a sigh, foreboding the disagreeable scene that he would have to encounter with the proud and passionate singer.

Timidly Von Arnim alluded to the four persons from the opera.
"Who are these demoiselles, and what do they want ?" asked the king.
"Sire," replied the Baron von Arnim, "they are the four persons who personate the role of court ladies and maids of honor to the queens and princesses.

They beg your majesty to secure to them a fixed income." "Indeed! Go to my writing-table and bring paper and pencil; I will dictate a reply to them," said the king.

"Now write, Von Arnim: 'To the four court ladies and maids of honor of the opera: You are mistaken in addressing yourselves to me; the affair of your salaries concerns YOUR emperors and kings.

To them you must address yourselves .-- Adieu.'" Von Arnim could scarcely repress a smile.
"Now we come to the last affair--the salaries and pensions of the French actors," said the king; "but first tell me the news in Berlin--what report has trumpeted forth in the last few days." "Your majesty, the latest news in Berlin, which rumor brings home to every hearth-side and every heart is, that your majesty has declared war with Austria on account of the Bavarian succession.