"I will tell you a part of my secret, Fraeulein.

All my life I have been cut off--chained to a throne--from the fellowship of men and the love of friends.

Karl is the only friend I have ever known save my mother until I met you and your good people.

Only the good God can know how I have longed and hungered since childhood for friendship; even for companionship.

I did not know what I yearned for until since my arrival at Basel.