was left free for the view of forest, castle, city, and
country. Above us were tall beeches, with climbing Hungarians
on the branches; behind and quite near us, a closely crowded
and crowding mass of people; further off, music from wind
instruments, alternating with song--wild gipsy melodies.
Illumination--moonlight and sunset-red, with torches
scattered through the forest. It might all be produced
without a change as grand scenic effect in a romantic opera.
Next to me sat the white-haired Archbishop of Gran, in a
black silk gown with a red hood; on the other side a very
amiable, trig cavalry general. You see the picture was rich
in contrasts. Then we drove home in the moonlight with an
escort of torches....

It is very quiet and comfortable up here now; I hear nothing
but the ticking of a clock on the wall, and the distant
rumble of carriages below. May angels watch over you; over
me, a grenadier in a bearskin does it, six inches of whose
bayonet I see projecting above the window-sill, a couple of
arm's-lengths from me, and reflecting a ray of light. He is
standing above the terrace on the Danube, and thinking
perhaps of his Nancy.


PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
FRANKFORT DIET

Confidential Dispatch to Minister Von Manteuffel, May 30th, 1853