"All is lost," Queen Louisa wrote, "if not forever, at least for the present."
As for Otto von Stork, he was not killed, but continued fighting where he could find soldiers.
"All Europe must rise," he wrote his father; "the brave Andreas Hofer is rousing the Tyrolese, and, oh, dear father, have you heard of the brave deed of Haydn in Vienna?"
"Haydn?" interrupted Marianne, and then with a smile she began singing "With Verdure Clad," from the musician's "Creation." Of course they all had heard of Haydn. Certainly the old man was a hero.
When he heard the cannon and knew that Napoleon was entering his Vienna, he went to a window and opened the sash.
"Sing!" he cried to the people in the streets, "sing, good people."
And then the old white-haired musician lifted his voice and sang his own hymn.
"God save our Emperor Franz!" rang through the streets, all the people joining. And when Napoleon entered they were singing at the tops of their voices. But the excitement was too much for Haydn. He died two days later.
Then Otto was off to fight in the Tyrol.
"He will break my heart," wept his mother, but the Herr Lieutenant's eyes flashed.