Have you no other conditions ?" "Yes, one more." "What is it ?" "That my marriage shall take place, at the latest, in a month." "You will thus fulfil my particular and personal wish," said the king, smiling.

"I am anxious to have this marriage over, for, after the gayeties, I wish to leave Berlin.

All the arrangements and contracts are completed, and I think now there is no obstacle in the way of the marriage.

Have you another wish, my brother ?" "No, sire." "Then allow me to beg you to grant me a favor.

I wish to leave a kind remembrance of this eventful hour in your heart, and I therefore give you a small memento of the same.