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kitchen was my , and there I prowled about seriously interfering with Louis our Chef and his helpmates — UTA Ya “atal=~hat’ ; en ne : ; + wat phan } : a. —— py E wno were preparing tHe supper. I watched the dar Ging’ Tro a tall sereen , and received at times a sound box on the ear formmakangs “aenolse or for ituring from my concealn one of these occasions I saw the tall and imposing figure of 6 he then Prince of Prussia - the future Emperor William . An amusing incident occurred at one of the dances my Mother gave about that time. Amongst her acquaintances was tke fo m= waate 1 . $6 ga Gen 2 ea ~ ior est. awk anna Count Szechenyi, then an’ Attache at the Austrian Legation, “and recently I believe Austrian Amabssador at Berlin . He was an excellent musician,and my Sister Louisa who was an equally good musician and had a wonderful ear and a most retentive memor besredehimatoRletrheronaveca polkaiheinad gust 29sed and had played toshers so -thaveit might be performed atoourwmnext dance. Rut whether from adiffidence or pride , he refused to accede, to her request. My Sister) however; would not be baulked, and as sh semembered every note of the tune she sent for the band- ster , played it over to him and made him take it down .Shor- tly afterwards the Count had the questionable satisfaction of ny dancing with my Sister to the strains of his own FPorimany yearstmy Parents had buttone resmaence utheir town house, they wanted a change the ent to France or Bneland .vin theshot sumnerimonths, , Vand ®theisummeratarrank fort is often terribly hot , we children were sent to the our! farm’ in the vieinity ofthe’ town, “where rooms»ef