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all-absorbing town the view from the terrace on the relatively jistantpspires ef- the city, the uplands beyond, and the great ir sA Ia Wy 2 1 hh Nl} OQ r. Fox +47 . P 2 Bie 43 c= ey | ~ sate . + 7 wood,is marred by huge erections of brick and plaster; the quiet lanes have been turned into publie highways, and instead 4 L & e 5) -~ of the songs of the labourers on their way home from their work in the fields the clatter of wheels now breaks the silence of the summer evening. The resources of the city are brought i reach of the Grunebourg , but the charm of country life with its perhaps idle and trivial yet ever-varying and genial pursuits , has vanished for ever. My wother ave Many -Cntvertvainments atthe Grunebourg ~ Of foreign notabilities who were passing Cheseul mayrment son three. .arst p: srand- seeing LaLNer, Ol sVhe-present..secretary for P hav sant - alrfaat 2 ae } WnHyret { ,a mtAA) oy a ae him at breakfast , a small , unpretentious, middle-azed man for whose benefit the table was covered with fancy bread and Cea-cakes of every conceivable kind, for which he was known to have -a special Liking. The .second-was Lady Douro the present + a a >] z Dowager Duchess of Wellington , then in the heyday of her youth and beauty , but her statuesque charms completely overawed me. The third was Prince Lichnowsky, one of the best-lovking and ’ 2 most popular men of the day, who soon afterwards met with a tragic end. He was riding out with the Austrian General Rp ao) 4 Y ie <8 1 29 1 2 oe m ” 2 A —e ral a en as the Revolution of 48 had broken out, and they fell in With a band of insurgents. The General was shot dead on the Spot but poor Lichnowsky was dragsed from his horse, beaten 1e house of ~ — sr ee ak . wy os 5 ite WOR 9) + a ; lubs and terribly mutilated. He was taken to t