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"Your highness has played a fine jest this day Where does , in Berlin or Vienna?"

"In neither," answered her highness, ratified with Gretchen's success "She lives in Dreiberg, and till thisI doubt if I ever saw her before"

The Herr Direktor stared blankly froain Then he grasped it Here was one of those ifts to mortals

"Can you read music?" he asked

"No, Herr," said Gretchen

"That is bad You have a great voice, Fräulein Well, I shall teach you I shall er It is hard work"

"I have alorked hard"

"Good! Your Highness, a thousand thanks! What is your naood naood hands Soreat because I found you"

Then, with the artist's positive indifference to the presence of exalted blood, he turned his back upon the two young women and roused his hness, when the two caarden, "you are to be rich and farant the day to come when I may be of service to you!" Gretchen kissed the hands of her benefactress

"Whenever you wish to see the gardens," added the princess, "the gates will be open for you"

As Gretchen went back to the Kruh hohts, she heard the roll of applause She saw the horn of plenty pouring its largess from the fair sky Rainbow dreams! But Gretchen never beca different on the knees of the gods