vant did as she bade; she herself carried down one of the pots,
and left the room.

"I do not love you!" repeated Wilhelm to himself, and returned to the
company which he had left, and where he found all gayety and happiness.

The supper-table was spread in the garden; lights burned in the open air
with a steady flame; it was a summer-evening beautiful as the October of
the South; the reseda sent forth its fragrance; and when Sophie's health
was drunk cannon were fired among the lofty fir-trees, the pines of the
North.

The next morning those countenances were dejected which the evening
before had been so gay. The carriage drew up to the door. The dear
mother and sisters wept; they kissed Wilhelm, and extended their hands
to Otto.

"Farewell!" said Louise; "do not forget us!" and her tearful glance
rested upon Otto. Eva stood silent and pale.

"You will not forget me!" whispered Otto, as he seized Louise's hand. "I
will forget your sister!"

The carriage rolled away; Wilhelm threw himself back into a corner. Otto
looked back once more; they all stood at the door, and waved their white
handkerchiefs.

CHAPTER XLIII

"In one short speaking silence all conveys--
And looks a sigh, and weeps without a tear."
MRS. BROWNING.

"Forgive us our debts as we
The debts of others forgive;
And lead us not in tempting ways;
Apart from evil let us live."
A. VON CHAMISSO.

We will not accompany the friends, but will remain behind in Funen,
where we will make a bolder journey than they, namely, we will go back
one-and-twenty years. We will allow the circumstances of Otto's birth
again to come before us. It is a leap backward that we take from 1830 to
1810. We are in Odense, that old city, which takes its name from Odin.

The common people there have still a legend about the origin of the name
of the city. Upon Naesbyhoved's Hill [Author's Note: Not far from the
city, by the Odense Channel; it is described in Wedel Simonsen's City
Ruins.] there once stood a castle; here lived King Odin and his wife:
Odense city was not then in existence, but the first building of it was
then begun. [Author's Note: The place is given as being that of the now
so-called Cross Street.] The court was undecided as to the name which
should be given to the city. After long indecision it was at last agreed
that the first word which either King or Queen should