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to him But these unpleasant ood humor which was alithin him, and

more so than ever since his course of Carlsbad waters

The day after his arrival the prince, in his long overcoat, with

his Russian wrinkles and baggy cheeks propped up by a starched

collar, set off with his daughter to the spring in the greatest

good huht, cheerful houses with their

little gardens, the sight of the red-faced, red-ar away ot to the springs the oftener

they met sick people; and their appearance see the everyday conditions of prosperous Gerer struck by this contrast The bright

sun, the brilliant green of the foliage, the strains of theof all these fareater emaciation or to convalescence, for

which she watched But to the prince the brightness and gaiety

of the June ay

waltz then in fashion, and above all, the appearance of the

healthy attendants, see unsee, dying figures gathered

together fro of

pride and, as it were, of the return of youth, with his favorite

daughter on his arorous step and his sturdy, stout limbs He felt almost like a

man not dressed in a crowd