Johann Karl August Musäus

“ The good lady was struck as much with the courage of her daughter in carrying on the intrigue, as in the circumstance of her elopement in so extraordinary a manner. She, however, thought it just, that an affection, which had experienced so severe a trial, should be rewarded by an union of the parties. And though this idea militated against the prospects which she had formed for her daughter; yet, since no prince or count was in view, she gave her consent to the match without much unwillingness, and neither bride nor bridegroom was ever again troubled by the ghostly nun. ”

“ In the meantime, the infantine beauty of Emily was fast expanding into the graces of womanhood. Her education had been left solely to the care of her mother, who observed with delight, that her daughter was likely to prove a wit as well as a beauty; and she calculated not a little on the splendid alliance, which such advantages were likely to procure for her child.
No family in all Nogtland, except the Prince of ——, was, in her opinion, of sufficient antiquity and noble birth to be allied to the last branch of the Lauensteins. ”

“ Before a suitable match could be found for the fair Emily, a circumstance occurred to frustrate the views of the Countess, and distract her attention from the subject of a matrimonial alliance of any kind. During the disturbances of the war, the army of the brave Wallenstein took up its winter quarters in Nogtland, and the Count Seigmund was obliged to receive many unwelcome guests, who committed more outrages in the Castle than even the refractory nuns, nor were they to be expelled by the same means ”

“ This was the utmost which Frederick could extort from his mistress, and the only subject for consideration which now remained, was the method of escape from the strongly guarded Castle, and the scrutinizing vigilance of the Countess, which they well knew would be redoubled upon the departure of Wallenstein’s army.
But the ingenuity of love surmounts every obstacle. Emily was well acquainted with the periodical visits of the spirits ”

“ Amazed at this circumstance, she was for some time incapable of thinking or acting. Not to attend to engagements of this kind, is allowed by all lovers to be a crime; but in the present case, the neglect was quite unpardonable. ”

“ When, therefore, the cavaliers of the neighbourhood manifested their desire to pay their respects to the young lady, whose affections they wished to gain, the wary mother gave them such a reception as effectually put a stop to any further intercourse. ”