1/24 AN INTERVIEW WITH PRINCE ERNEST AND A MEETING WITH PRINCE OTTO. I could have waited for my father, whose return from one of his expeditions in the prince's service was expected every instant; but though I knew I should have, had a powerful coadjutor in him to assist me through such a conference, I preferred to go down alone. Prince Otto met me in the hall. He passed by, glancing an eye sharply, and said over his shoulder, 'We shall have a word together presently!' The library door was flung open. |