wise one! I long to give Gallenberg his congé and marry the
wonderfully ugly, beautiful Beethoven, if--if only it did not involve
lowering myself socially." Therese, who worshipped the composer's
genius and already loved him secretly, turned the subject off, fearful
lest she should say, in her indignation at the young woman who thought
she would be lowering herself by marrying Beethoven, something that
might lead to an irreparable breach. "Moonlight Sonata," or no
"Moonlight Sonata," there are two greater works by the same genius that
bear the Brunswick name,--the "Appassionata," dedicated to Count Franz
Brunswick, and the sonata in F-sharp major, Opus 78, dedicated to
Therese, and far worthier of her chaste beauty and intellect than the
"Moonlight."

It will be noticed that Giulietta called Therese the "cold, wise one."
Her purity led her own mother to speak other as an "anchoress." Yet it
was she who from the time she was fifteen years old to the day of her
death cherished the great composer in her heart; and of her love for
him were the mementos that he sacredly guarded. When Therese was
fifteen years old she became Beethoven's pupil. The lessons were
severe. Yet beneath the rough exterior she recognized the heart of a
nobleman. The "cold, wise one," the "anchoress," fell in love with him
soon after the lessons began, but carefully hid her feelings from every
one. There is a charming anecdote of the early acquaintance of the
composer and Therese.

The children of the house of Brunswick were carefully brought up.
During the music lessons the mother was accustomed to sit in an
adjoining room with the door between open. One bitterly cold winter
day Beethoven arrived at the appointed hour. Therese had practised
diligently, but the work was difficult and, in addition, she was