The battlements of the gate were crowded with retainers, many of them in tears at losing "My young Lord, the Count." Public opinion in Castle Hapsburg unanimously condemned the expedition, and I was roundly abused for what was held to be my part in the terrible mistake.

Such an untoward thing had never before happened in the House of Hapsburg.

Its annals nowhere revealed a journey of an heir into the contaminating world.

The dignity of the house was impaired beyond remedy, and all by the advice of a foreigner.
There was no lack of grumbling; but of course the duke's will was law.
If he wished to hang the count, he might do so; therefore the grumbling reached the duke's ears only from a distance..