Violetta

Excerpt from Violetta: A Romance After the German of Ursula Zoge Von Manteuffel "Once upon a time there was a king who lived in a very" "Oh, Hanna, you're not telling it the right way at all. 'A king who had'" "To be sure; I forgot. Who had on this very spot - " "On this very spot! Only think!" with a shudder of delicious dread, - "just here, where the water is!" "But if you interrupt me so, you silly children, I shall never get to the end of the story. This king had here on this very spot, where the 'King's Lake' now is, a magnificent castle, built of pure gold, and marble, and ebony, and ivory, all set with rubies and emeralds. The windows were of diamonds, and the pavement of solid silver - " We will avail ourselves of the pause which the wonder and delight of the youthful audience made necessary here, to take a look at the place which was the scene of the legend. The 'King's Lake!" Does not the name instantly suggest majestic mountain-chains, wooded banks, and charming villas? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."