his behalf had been a warning to me. Here he was to await the
return of our guide, and in his company take the not very
dangerous path by which we had come. We accordingly parted, as he
was to return in the direction of Gall, while we two roamed
through the lovely Toggenburg valley, and the next day by
Rappersweil to the Lake of Zurich, and so home. Not until many
days later did Karl relieve our anxiety concerning him by
arriving at Zurich. He remained with us a short time, and then
departed, probably wishing to escape being tempted into more
mountain climbing, which we had certainly planned. I heard from
him afterwards when he had settled for some time in Stuttgart,
where he seemed to be doing well. He soon made great friends with
a young actor, and lived on terms of great intimacy with him.

I was sincerely delighted by the close intercourse I now had with
the gentle young Dresden chamber musician, whose manly strength
of character and extraordinary mental endowments greatly endeared
him to me. My wife said that his curly golden hair and bright
blue eyes made her think an angel had come to stay with us. For
me his features had a peculiar and, considering his fate,
pathetic interest, on account of his striking resemblance to King
Friedrich August of Saxony, my former patron, who was still alive
at that time, and seemed to confirm a rumour which had reached me
that Uhlig was his natural son. It was entertaining to hear his
news of Dresden, and all about the theatre, and the condition of
musical affairs in that city. My operas, which had once been its
glory, had now quite vanished from the repertoire. He gave me a
choice example of my late colleagues' opinion of me by relating
the following incident. When Kunst und Revolution and Kunstwerk
der Zukunft appeared, and were being discussed among them, one of