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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. At present the eyes of the Hungarian noblesse were universally fixed on Zriny; one party distrustfully watching all his movements, while others anxiously hoped to secure him as a partizan for their own interests. It was known, moreover, that he had just now returned from Paris, whither the emperor had sent him with important commissions, and where, in the brilliant court of Louis, he had appeared to singular advantage, and attracted much attention. Perhaps for no better reason than the expected presence of this distinguished courtier and diplomatist, it had been agreed that the guests at the approaching grand ball should be arrayed in French instead of native costume. On this occasion, Ludmilla, aided by her usual activity of imagination, enjoyed, for the first time, the unspeakable pleasure of dreaming that she had been transported into the higher circles of the far- famed French capital; and was herself so becomingly attired as to present one of the most attractive figures in the whole assembly. The ball had at length commenced, and Cathe- rine had already danced more than once, when a whispering among their near neighbours, whose eyes were all turned in one direction, made the sisters aware that some new and distinguished guest had entered the room. Accordingly, they soon saw a young man in very brilliant costume, who was received with such respectful ceremony by the host and hostess of the mansion, as to leave no doubt of his rank and consequence. For some time he walked up and down the room, along with Count Esterhazy, the newly elected palatine, and they had an opportunity of making their observations at leisure. The stranger was rather above the middle height, and his air and demeanour such as unequivocally betoken the man of the world. He was atti...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217371346
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 84
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217371345
  • Publisher Date: 12 Oct 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 168 gr


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