When they were seated in a group on the steps of the hotel the picture was one never to be forgotten.

A still more striking spectacle was afforded by a voyage made on the Enz by the ladies of the Czarina's court, attired in airy summer dresses and adorned with a lavish abundance of flowers.

From the shore gentlemen flung them blossoms as they were borne swiftly down the mountain stream.

I, too, had obtained some roses, intended especially for Princess Marie von Leuchtenberg, of whom the Czarina's physician, Dr.Karel, whose acquaintance we made at the Burckhardts, had told so many charming anecdotes that we could not help admiring her.
We also met a very beautiful Countess Keller, one of the Czarina's attendants, and I can still see distinctly the brilliant scene of her departure.
Wildbad was not then connected with the rest of the world by the railroad.

The countess sat in an open victoria amid the countless gifts of flowers which had been lavished upon her as farewell presents.