which were published, secret articles were added. In these secret
articles, France promised, in case Prussia should demand an
enlargement of her dominions, like Austria, not to consent to it.

The Emperor of Austria, on his part, pledged himself to withdraw his
troops, even before the conclusion of the treaty with the German
empire, to be agreed upon at Rastadt, from all the fortresses on the
Rhine--in other words, to surrender the German empire entirely to
its French neighbors.

Austria had enlarged her territory, but, for this aggrandizement,
Germany was to pay with her blood, and finally with her life.
Austria had made peace with France at Campo Formio, and it was
stipulated in the treaty that the German empire likewise should
conclude peace with France. For this purpose, a congress was to meet
at Rastadt; all German princes were to send their ambassadors to
that fortress, in order to settle, jointly, with three
representatives of the French Republic, the fate of the empire.




CHAPTER IX.

QUEEN LOUISA.


The most noble Countess von Voss, mistress of ceremonies at the
court of Prussia, was pacing the anteroom of Queen Louisa in the
most excited manner. She wore the regular court dress--a long black