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will reward you as you deserve Fronates of ht, to

their circle, for, in virtue ofyou barons, all of you, renadiers, and you, Grunstein, the leader of this faithful band!

Receive them into your ranks, , not daring to nates, stood the

new barons; but the princes and counts advanced to them with open

arms, with exclamations of tenderness and assurances of friendship The

empress had spoken, the slaves enerals and field-marshals, who yesterday would hardly have

throay a conterenadiers, now called

them friends and brothers, and were ave a satisfied glance at these hearty greetings: she found

it infinitely sweet and agreeable to make so many men happy in so easy a

manner, and with pleasure she recollected that she had yet to reward her

coachreat and decisive hour

She ordered him to be called A considerable ti expectantly toward the door, which finally opened, and, led by

four lackeys, the coachman stu hi the

people in the court-yard, enjoying the brandy distributed by order of

the empress From this crowd they had withdrawn hi hin