Download or read book The Villa on the Rhine, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Berthold Auerbach and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Villa on the Rhine, Vol. 2 of 2 The sparrows wrangled; they could find no more food and flew away. The coachmen grew silent; they had spent all their jokes. What can be done or said on a Winter's afternoon in the snow-covered, empty streets of the capital. Everything is as mute as the late Prince, who stands cut in stone upon yonder lofty column, a cap Of snow on his head, and epaulettes of snow on his Shoulders. The parade 18 over. The Chancery officers hold their sessions in the court-rooms, and up there In the Casino the shutters are closed, that they may play cards by candlelight. The time comes for the relief of the guards up there at Prince Leon hard's palace; the soldiers wear large capes, and mittens on their hands. The sentinel, who is relieved, whispers something in the ear of his comrade, who takes his place; it cannot be very important. A Chancery-beadle comes along, bearing aroll Of documents: he meets a court-lackey, clad in a long coat reaching almost to the ground; they exchange pinches Of snufl', and pass on. Such is the life Of a petty capital on a Win ter's afternoon. But now things look up something is going on. There was a great stir among the coachmen: Lutz, the courier, came up in advance with the large baggage-wagon. Now there's something to talk about. Is't true that Gold clump, the king Of California, is coming to the capital? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.