All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices. Adelbert von Chamisso artificebargainconclude Change image and share on social
My first care the following morning was, to devise some means of discovering the man in the grey cloak. Adelbert von Chamisso carecloakdevise Change image and share on social
My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town. Adelbert von Chamisso banquetevenflatter Change image and share on social
I ordered gold in the meantime to be showered down without ceasing among the happy multitude. Adelbert von Chamisso ceasegoldhappy Change image and share on social
