Unusual honors to the poet were
prophesied as a result of this spectacle.
Such was the condition of affairs when Herbert von Wallmoden returned to
the court, and he was, naturally, painfully surprised.
He had asked his wife casually, while inquiring for others, whether the
prince's Roumanian friend had yet left Fuerstenstein, and she had
answered in the negative. He had not expected Hartmut to leave at once,
for the latter had declared most positively he would not. But Wallmoden
imagined he would think it all well over, and when Prince Adelsberg left
Rodeck that would end the whole matter. Under no circumstances would
Rojanow appear by the prince's side at the capital where the ambassador
had threatened to denounce him at once.
But Baron von Wallmoden did not understand the unyielding defiance of
this man, who had indeed dared much. Now, upon his return from the
north, he found this "adventurer" established on a very sure footing, in
close intercourse with the court and society of the capital. It would be
a most embarrassing matter to explain everything at this late day, when
all were on the _qui vive_ of expectation, and when the duke was so
deeply interested both in the new drama and in its author. It would make
a very painful impression in all circles.
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