OUIDA
'Doch!—alles was dazu mich trieb;
Gott!—war so gut, ach, war so lieb!'
Goethe
IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. I.
London
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
1873
TO
'A PERFECT WOMAN, NOBLY PLANN'D'
WALPURGA, LADY PAGET
NÉE
COUNTESS VON HOHENTHAL
This book is inscribed
IN ADMIRATION AND AFFECTION