Original (English)

CHAPTER XIII. Shortly after sunset Appenzelder received the order to have the boy choir sing before the Emperor. During the noon hour, which the monarch had spent alone, thoughts so sad, bordering upon melancholy, had visited him, although for several hours he had been free from pain, that he relinquished his resentful intention of showing his undutiful sister how little he cared for her surprise and how slight was his desire to enjoy music. In fact, he, too, regarded it as medicin