[Pppehrserver-legal-eu] T happiness attainable for human beings. Still she

Tue Mar 30 18:35:09 CEST 2010

 he now

enjoyed the special favour of the Regent of the Netherlands,
the widowed Queen
of Hungary; that the royal lady, the sister

of the Emperor Charles, had chosen him to be director of her lessons
in singing, and also permitted him to write German letters for her;
and what assistance
worthy of all gratitude he had enjoyed
through the director of the imperial musicians, Gombert, the composer
and leader of the royal orchestra, and his colleague
Appenzelder, who directed the Queen's boy choir. At the
mention of these names, Barbara listened intently. She had sung

several of Gombert's compositions, and was familiar with one of
Appenzelder's works. When she learned that both

must have arrived in Ratisbon several
hours before, she anxiously asked Wolf if he would venture to

make her acquainted with these great masters. Wolf assented with
joyous eagerness, while Barbara's cheeks crimsoned with pleasure at so
valuable a promise. Yet this subject

speedily came to a close, for while talking
Wolf had ripped the linen cover in which the roll of velvet was sewed,
and, as soon as he unfolded the rich wine-coloured material, Barbara
forgot everything else, and burst into loud exclamations
of pleasure and admiration. Then, when Wolf hastened out and with
hurrying fingers opened the little package
he had brought and gave her the costly fur which
was to serve as trimming for the velvet jacket, she again laughed
gleef
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