Ludwig Volume Three Part Three Ludwig II Part Eleven: There is a God above all this earth Page 79 The man who showed his genius to the world under Ludwig II’s patronage. He was a haughty & grand master artist whose great work was stood up as one of German Opera’s monumental achievements. In 1883, Rihalt Wagner passed away; cause of death - heart attack. He was 70 years old. Page 83 Man: Um, your majesty, what about the admittance for the funeral attendance? Ludwig: Sorry, but please leave me alone for a while. Man: B..but Ludwig: Didn’t you hear me? Nobody --- Nobody shall enter! Ludwig: % The time of fantasy is all slipping through my hands ・slipping away from me. Ludwig: % Reality is crushing me. Page 84 Ludwig: % Always --- it’s always・ Ludwig: Hornig! I said nobody was to enter, didn’t I? Hornig: Please forgive me. Page 85 Ludwig: Why・are you crying? Hornig: Because you’re hurting yourself like this and withdrawing alone into a painful shell, Your Majesty Page 86 Hornig: And I can’t do anything about the pain in your heart. It’s・frustrating for me. Ludwig: -----He was a grand artist Page 87 Hornig: Yes. Ludwig: No matter what anyone says, his art was the real thing. Hornig: Yes, Your Majesty Ludwig: The darkness where fantasy glitters turns into a frank, grey noon after a while. I can’t go anywhere. Hornig: I--- I will protect you if it costs me my life. Hornig: So please do not say such sad things. Page 88 Ludwig: If comfort of the heart could be accomplished by a loved one’s sacrificial death, Hornig, are you saying you would die for me?! Hornig: ---- If it is your wish. If that’s your wish, Your Majesty---- Hornig: You said I was a loved one. Hornig: With just those words, I can now ---- Page 89 Ludwig: You idiot! Page 92 Ludwig: Don’t die. You musn’t die, that is my order. Ludwig: You must live and make sure of everything. That is your duty. Ludwig: Hornig --- I love you. My holy angel. Ludwig: It’s the first time, isn’t it, that I put it in words. Usually I was always doing horrible things to you. Hornig: Your Majesty・ Page 93 Ludwig: It’s strange that I can be honest tonight. A very solemn feeling. Ludwig: You’re shivering. If you’re cold, come a bit closer. Page 94 Ludwig: This, you know, is proof that you alone can turn the key to my heart. Hornig: But you’re a complete mystery to me. Hornig: %----What is this feeling from just before・uneasiness? Ludwig: Because I’m timid. Page 95 Hornig: %It can’t be that. There’s nothing to be uneasy about. Ludwig: I understand. Don’t look so reproachful. Page 96 Ludwig: The king of the country of dreams ----- I will not hand over the role. Not up to the end of my existence in the world. Lohengrin: I・know. Man1: Who is his majesty talking to? Man2: ? .. d・unno. I can’t see anything. Man1: (That’s kinda scary) Politician: An 8,250,000 mark debt --- the Cabinet Safe cannot currently support that debt. There was already a danger of part of the Royal Family Expenses being seized by high interest usurers and foreigners. Politician: Being anxious of that, Prussia’s Prime Minister Bismark gave extra credit of 1000,000 mark, and as the Cabinet’s financial reconstruction measures, 7,500,000 mark has been borrowed from the bank. In all, with 8,500,000 mark, I was just about to be relieved it would be able to cover the debt. Politician2: Oh my god!! The king ordered it to be used to resume castle construction /and/ start on the new castle Falhenstein. Page 97 Politician3: Another reckless・lt;/span> Politician4: Oh go~~~d Politician: And this year a new debt of 6,000,000 mark will be added, with that 7,500,000 mark debt, in all, a 13,500,000 mark debt ・the Palace Yearly Expenditure is over tripled!! Politician4: Ah --- the secretary has fainted Secretary: (I’m not gonna do this anymore~~~~~) Hornstein: Looks like it’s finally your cue, Prince Ruitpolt. <> Ruitpolt: Count Hornstein, I・I don’t want to get into any trouble. I’m not old enough to lose this comfortable lifestyle・ Hornstein: Then all the more reason. The king will someday expel you anyway, right? Prince Otto is the only person who can shake the king further than that. Page 98 Ruitpolt: Otto, Ah, my poor nephew. I’d heard he’s sick in his mind and has been shut away in Ninfenberk--- Hornstein: I’m not saying you should become the king. I’m saying perhaps it would be good to become a Regent to support the Prince. Ruitpolt: But --- how could the king be deposed? Hornstein: In Bavaria, if the king has lost the ability to rule for more than 1 year, then a regency can be established --- yes, that king is sick. Hornstein: For this king who has lost sight of reality in a hypertrophied dream, administration is impossible. Ruitpolt: Please prove this --- so that everyone understands. I refuse to wear the dirty name of a traitor. Hornstein: Understood, Your Highness Ruitpolt. Page 99 Ludwig: I see・money cannot be borrowed from Berlin or Petersberg, huh? Durkheim: I could not persuade them・lt;/span> Ludwig: Nevermind, Durkheim, it isn’t your fault --- good work. Ludwig: Ah, sorry, but could you please call Hornig from the central garden? Durkheim: Hornig! The king is calling you. Hornig: Ah, Colonel Durkheim. Hornig: Long time no see. Durkheim: As usual, you’re a hard worker. I always think so, but really you’re doing so well --- I admire you. Man: Man, he works so hard and is so devoted to the king. He’s certainly a loyal subject. Page 100 Durkheim: If only someone like him were more beside the king, Durkheim: the situation would improve a little more・lt;/span> Hornig: You called, Your Majesty? Ludwig: Come closer Hornig: Yessir・lt;/span> Ludwig: It’s been a while since I met you・it feels like it happened yesterday, though. Ludwig: So beautiful・I was bewitched by your blue eyes. Ludwig: I wonder if we can go on loving each other like this, forever・ Page 101 Hornig: I believe that the soul is immortal, even if the flesh erodes. Ludwig: Immortality of the soul---- huh? Hornig: Why do you smile? Ludwig: I thought it was just like you, Hornig. If that’s so, then --- will you forgive me for what I say next? Ludwig: I am --- dismissing you. Page 102 Ludwig: I am placing Hesselshubert as your successor. The arrangements are already made. Ludwig: For you the beauty of the lake ・you’re being sent to Shutarnberg, the lakeside mansion. Thank you for working so hard for me for so long. Ludwig: You’re not someone who should be captured by me. Page 103 Hornig: Wh..y, why Your Majesty? --- I don’t understand why. Hornig: Why something like that!! Ludwig: Hasselschubert Hasselschubert: Yes sir・lt;/span> Ludwig: This person has just been sacked. Make sure he doesn’t get near me from now on. Hasselschubert: You heard him, come this way. Hornig: Your Majesty, please tell me why? Why do I have to be dismissed ・what fault has it been said I’ve committed? Page 104 Ludwig: ---- When you’re with me, my resolution wavers. Hornig: !! ----- what!? Ludwig: I’m just a man who goes my own way. Hornig: Your Majesty Hornig: % Do you think that I can run away and leave you all alone・? I’m already fated to be involved with you. Page 105 Hornig: % I’m already・plenty involved with you. I don’t have any existence without you -----! Maria: Ah, sorr・ I didn’t mean to startle you. I just had some stuff to deliver・lt;/span> Hornig: Maria Page 106 Maria: I・I・I wonder if I can do anything to comfort you・lt;/span> Hornstein: Prussia’s Prime Minister Bismark seems to have been advised by the king that our country’s congress will ask him to raise funds. Lutz: What!? If the Congress did that, our Financial Bankruptcy trumpcard for deposing the king (cough) plan will be ruined, won’t it? (I can’t but think it’s Bismark’s harassment). Hornstein: Nevermind, calm down, Prime Minister Lutz, your excellency. Hornstein: So I have a proposal --- there is someone I’d like you to meet. Page 107 Hornstein: This is Specialist Dr Vern Hart Von Guden. Hornstein: Dr Guden is an authority on brain structure --- concerning function & obstacle. Elizabeth: Rumours about Ludwig are reaching even to Austria. He’s being taken over by “madness・they say. Ha! (stupid). Page 108 Woman: But, Elizabeth, the rumours about the king are even appearing in the newspaper. Actually you were also worried and visited Bavaria, didn’t you? Elizabeth: Someone involved the newspaper, I’m sure of it. I’ll meet with him. If I meet with him, I’ll understand everything! Page 109 Woman: Oh yes, that brave young stable man who saved you. Woman: It seems as though he’s been fired. Elizabeth: What!? Elizabeth: Ah・as usual, this is a lovely place. Elizabeth: In May, there’s so much scent of roses. Ludwig: Being invited by you to Roseninzel・why, Elizabeth? Elizabeht: Here, there is no one to question or trouble us. Bavaria’s King Ludwig, Austria’s Empress Elizabeth. Page 110 Ludwig: As usual, you’re a free seagull, Sisi. Elizabeth: You’re a mountain eagle! Eagles and seagulls are fun! We’re both odd fellows and got along well from the beginning. Ludwig: It seems as though to the world I have gone crazy. Elizabeth: You’re more passionate than others, even if you’re pretending to cool down. Elizabeth: When it covers the whole body, it can’t be held down any more --- you and I are the same. Page 111 Elizabeth: If they want to call that craziness, then let them. ---- just one thing. Elizabeth: Why have you parted from Hornig? Elizabeth: Have you finished playing with love? Elizabeth: That’s not it, is it. Elizabeth: You loved him dearly from the bottom of your heart. To you, he was an irreplaceable existence. Page 112 Ludwig: I have tried・to forget that. Ludwig: I’ve treated him so badly. But those blue eyes have never wavered. They return my gaze straight and true. Ludwig: He heals my decayed heart with the wings of an angel. Ludwig: ----But・the more he does so, the more I stare at the deep darkness unfolding before my eyes. Ludwig: That hell will someday suck me in. It’s something I cannot stop. Page 113 Ludwig: Because I wish for it myself. Elizabeth: Ludwig Elizabeth: %・poor・poor man. Page 114 Hornstein: The Cabinet says it is impossible to obtain funds from the Congress, they demand a written petition for withdrawal to be presented. Hornstein: And furthermore, an improvement in lifestyle has been implemented, plus construction of castles has been stopped, and gifts and such have been restricted. Page 114 Hornstein: If this advice is not complied with, they say that it will be difficult to take the king’s continued government. I wonder if this is Prime Minister Lutz’s intention. Ludwig: That Lutz! He’s taking advantage Hornstein: Well, your majesty, calm down, calm down. Ludwig: Count Hornstein, I want to thank you for keeping me well informed. Ludig: Hesselschubert! Inform Tsuikula! I discharge the present Prime Minister Lutz. If Tsuiklar moves as the king wishes him to do, then he will once again be appointed as Prime Minister. Hornstein: % And so now the man who was dismissed ---- now becomes Prime Minister・ Tsuikula has got a lotta work on his hands too. Page 115 Hornstein: --- but the king doesn’t know, that this Hesselschubert and Tsuikular are both on Lutz’s side. Hornstein: No, that’s not all. The king is already surrounded by traitors and spies. Hornstein: So・the seeds are planted. Now all that’s needed is to wait for the opportunity---- Lutz: The king has ordered ---- my discharge? That fool! Man: But the king is still the king----- Man: Besides, doesn’t Bismark harbour doubts over the clinical report about the king that was just submitted by Dr Guden? Man: (No wonder, because they’re only the rumours we collected.) Man: Prussian intervention is troublesome. Page 116 Hornstein: If that’s so, then why don’t just rest on it for a while? It’s not just Dr Guden. Other doctor’s signatures are being added. Hornstein: In the papers too, that’s being reported, and the king’s insanity is being exposed. Man: I see・so because of the king’s sickness, any further government is impossible and we’ll have the king abdicate? Hornstein: Approval for that・in regards to rank, Prince Otto・but the Prince also is unsuited to rule. Our only option is to have their uncle Ruitpolt here as regent. We have your consent to it, don’t we, Sir Ruitpolt? Ruitpolt: I・I・lt;/span> Hornstein: Do you have some objection? Ruitpolt: N・o. I ・I understand Page 117 Dr Gudden’s Report---- The king’s confusion is a mental illness of paranoia with an excessive progression. The nature of this sickness is long lasting and cannot be fully cured. Because of his free will behavior being again completely grasped by illness, it is impossible for the king to be maintained as sovereign for the rest of his life. Ostaholsha: We’re in trouble, Your Majesty! Big trouble---- 1886, 10th June, Neuschwanstein Castle. Ludwig: What’s the matter, Ostaholsha? Have you finished preparing the horses? We’re galloping to the mountains from here. Ostaholsha: I・it’s not time for that --- Your Majesty Ostaholsha: Right now suspicious characters are trying to capture you --- in the Hoenshubengau castle below --- very soon they’ll arrive! Ludwig: What? But if there were such people, Hesselschubert would have said something to me. Page 118 Ostaholsha: He’s one of them. I saw him together with them in the castle below. He’s betrayed you, Your Majesty Ostaholsha: And amongst that group ・no mistaking it, there was Hornstein too. Ludwig: Ho・ Hornstein・it couldn’t be・ Ludwig: It・couldn’t be・ Ludwig: Call the guards and tell them to encircle the castle. And send a message to the local police and firebrigade too! Man: Yessir. Ostaholsha: Your Majesty, shall I send a telegram to Colonel Durkheim of Munich too? Right now, we need all the allies we can get--- Ludwig: That’s right. I can trust him. Page 119 Ludwig: ---But I also thought that about Hornstein. Ludwig: I’m・still, still na・e・lt;/span> Ludwig: We’ll apprehend the lot of them right away. Once they’re captured, I’ll have them flogged until blood flows, then have their eyes gouged out・no, I’ll tear off their hides ---- with this hand・lt;/span> Ludwig: WITH THIS VERY HAND! Page 120 Baron Kraisheim, Dr Guden and his assistant Muller, plus the state committee organized by Count Hornstein and the like, departed for Neuschwanstein where the king was staying at 3 in the afternoon. In that carriage were piled ropes and leather shackles for capturing the king---- Man: What’s with all these people riding up the mountain this late? Hornstein: % This might be a little dangerous・(Our faces were seen by Ostaholsa too・) Page 121 Hornstein: I don’t suppose you’ll let us pass? Guard: Please step back. We have orders from the king not to let you through. Man: It has been decided by the Congress that full power of sovereignity has been entrusted to his Excellency, Regent Ruitpolt. This is the written proclamation, so let us pass! Guard: I don’t know about things like that. Please step back. If this keeps up we’ll use force. Page 122 Guards: Uwah, what’s this Guard: (cough) Th・this smell is chloroform! You were going to try to make the king unconscious --- you intend to capture him like an animal!? People: What!? What did you say!? Hornstein et al: For the time being, send a message to Munich. People: Come back here! Page 123 Man: That was careless・ Man: I don’t believe it, that the king is that popular with the mountain villagers! Hornstein: It’s because he paid them generous wages for the castle construction. This area the king’s supporters are great in number. Guard: By orders of the king, you are to be arrested. Please accompany us to Neuschwanstein Castle. Hornstein: % Damn・I underestimated the king’s power---- People: Traitors! We’ll kill you! Page 124 People: Your majesty, we’re with you! We’ll kill the traitors any time. Man: ---- We’re done for・ We’re gonna be killed here・ Hornstein: Whaaaat, we just need to be patient for a few more hours. Hornstein: It’s already dawn. Give it a few more hours, Ruitpolt’s assumption of regency will be proclaimed. Once that’s done, the king’s orders will become moot! Page 125 11th June Extra! Extra! In the name of the king, to the royal family & faithful Bavarian subjects. Our beloved nephew has met with an accident that will sadden you all. Our strong lord king has from now on become unable to exercise his sovereignty due to an incurable illness. His younger brother Prince Otto also has been ill for a long time, so the Constitution of Bavaria has decided to entrust to me full Regency. With deep sorrow from the bottom of my heart, this I proclaim. ----Bavarian Official Ruitpolt. People: Oh my・the king has・ People: Poor thing Man: As your orders have become invalid, the commander of the police force has released the traitors. It is so regrettable・ Ludwig: Is that so・ Are the ones・gathered outside still the villagers? Page 126 Ludwig: I don’t want my faithful follower’s blood spilled on account of the traitors. Okay? Break them up until not one is left behind. Man: Your Majesty, just this moment Colonel Durkheim has arrived. Durkheim: I’m so sorry I’m late, Your Majesty Ludwig: I don’t believe it・you really galloped all the way up here. There’s even the scatterbrained amongst my retainers. Durkheim: It was scatterbrained, but there is another plan which will be galloping up. I just got here just in front of him. Ludwig: Another one? Page 127 Durkheim: Your former head of the stables--- Ludwig: Hornig!? You contacted him!? Ludwig: No! I won’t have it.. I won’t have it! Durkheim: Please calm down Your Majesty! Right now, we need all the allies we can get. And we shall go to Munich, Your Majesty Durkheim: The military will support you, Your Majesty We’ll go there and call in the soldiers! Ludwig: Munich・ I, go to that ugly, monster-like city!? Durkheim: The public & army are by your side, right? For that, they need to hear your voice in person --- please・ Page 128 Ludwig: This far --- this far・ I don’t want to protect my kingship that far. Please, leave me alone now. Durkheim: ---In that case, shall I obtain political asylum? Whatever arrangements---- Ludwig: No, it’s enough. Colonel Durkheim・I・don’t need anything anymore ----- nothing Durkheim: ---- I tried to be of use to you, Your Majesty. page 129 Durkheim: But nothing went right at all. Ludwig: Durkheim ・in that case, would you do just one thing for me? Poison・ would you please bring me some poison? Page 130 Durkheim: What are you saying? I came only for the sake of you living・ I didn’t come here to help you die. Please excuse me. Ludwig: % That’s fine, Durkheim, ignore me, you’re an excellent military man. This is something I must do alone ----- I mustn’t involve anyone else in it・ Ludwig: Maiya ・please bring me the key to the tower. Page 131 Ludwig: % I have to conceal myself before Hornig arrives・lt;/span> Maiya: (This is so dangerous isn’t it---? Does he intend to commit suicide?) Maiya: Your Majesty, that key has been missing since yesterday・bu・ But・ I’ll go look for it. Maiya: (If he kills himself now, I’ll be in trouble for it・ Maiya: Please inform our distinguished guests below. It feels like he might commit suicide, so if they wanna do something, they better hurry. Hornig: I wonder if I can borrow a horse? Man: You!! Page 132 Durkheim: Hornig Man: But Hornig: Ah・Colonel Durkheim! Why are you here? Surely you were just with the king・lt;/span> Durkheim: The government people have just gone to Neuschwanstein Castle a little while ago. You’re late・your arrival is too late. Durkheim: Wait Hornig: Let me go! I don’t believe it! I’m going to go save him. Durkheim: There is no saving him --- that’s the way the king wishes it. Page 133 Durkheim: Hornig Durkheim: You’ll only get hurt. Hornig: I don’t care if I get hurt. Hornig: I didn’t come all the way to this point just to watch and ignore it while the king is in a difficult situation---! Page 134 Hornig: % Even though my soul is opening towards you faster than the speed of light Hornig: % Even so・the slowness of my flesh・ Ah・god! Please let me be on time---- Page 135 Ludwig: Webber, do you believe in the immortality of the soul? Webber: Huh? Ludwig: Immortality of the soul・people can’t be satisfied with being given just the ordinary. They want more --- they exist with an undying search for something noble・lt;/span> Maiya: The king is this way. I’ll call him out over something. Ludwig: Their soul searches for it. Ludwig: As long as the soul searches for it, it doesn’t die. Page 136 Maiya: Your Majesty, I’ve found the tower key・ Maiya: I wonder if this is okay・lt;/span> Guden: Well done, Maiya. Page 137 Lohengrin: Is what you were searching for really this key, Your Majesty? Lohengrin: Is there not another “key・approaching this castle? Lohengrin: The only key that opens your heart. Page 138 Ludwig: % -----A beloved person --- when I look at you, when I touch you, I feel so much, as though anything could happen. And I realized ---- when you look at me with those blue eyes, these wavering feelings that I’m just a weak human---! Page 140 Guden: This journey’s mission is the most painful and sad in my whole life, Your Majesty ・ Guard: Hey, don’t come any closer. Return home. Sheesh, you won’t get a chance to enter. Hornig: Let me through・ Please・lt;/span> Guard: Don’t get any closer, you’ll get more than wounded. Hornig: Your Majesty Guard: Shut up Coachman: Watch out, get outta the way Page 141 Man: The poor king Hornig: Your Majesty Page 142 Hornig: Your Majesty・. Your Majesty・ Ludwig: % ----Hornig・lt;/span> Page 143 Hornig: %-----I wasn’t in time・lt;/span> Ludwig: Dr Guden, why have I been diagnosed as having an abnormal mind without even an examination? Guden: There wasn’t a need for it --- there were plenty of evidence papers. Ludwig: Oh ho・---- then・I wonder how long it’s been decided to confine me for? Page 144 Guden: At the least, one year. Ludwig: One year・huh? It won’t be that long I guess・it’s not that hard for people to erase one person. Ludwig/Hornig?: It’s not that I don’t have a dream yet・lt;/span> Hornig: Maria Maria: You’re late. What’s happened --- you’re drenched? You have a VIP come to see you. Page 145 Hornig: A VIP? Elizabeth: Long time no see, Hornig. Hornig: Elizabeth-sama? Why・ Elizabeth: I’ve just received a telegram from Colonel Durkheim. He was captured in Munich for the sin of having defended the king. He informed me of it beforehand. He’s a faithful soldier. Hornig ---- Colonel Page 146 Elizabeth: He・Ludwig has been imprisoned in a castle which is roughly 3 km from here. Hornig: Berk Castle? Elizabeth: ----- Yes・it’s a chance given to us by god. So we’ll use it to the fullest Elizabeth: You’ll help us won’t you? For his escape plan----! Page 147 Man: It seems that the king is sleeping well. Ludwig: % It’s not as though I can sleep, is it? I’m a night owl, after all. Ludwig: % Iron bars over the windows. A door without a handle. Ultimately, it’s just a peephole・lt;/span> Ludwig: % Someone’s・there!? Page 148 Hornig: Your Majesty Ludwig: Idiot! Coming here and all・ What’ll you do if you get found out?! Hornig: I’m not afraid of anything, if it means I get to see you・lt;/span> Page 149 Ludwig: Oh, you・lt;/span> Hornig: I want to save you from this reluctant imprisonment --- please, listen carefully to what I have to say. Hornig: It’s scheduled for tomorrow the 13th --- at 6 in the afternoon. Find some sort of excuse and come outside. And swim over to the south fence of the lake’s grove. A small boat will be waiting there. When the boat has reached the Leonie forest about 3km away, please get in the carriage that will be waiting for you there. The carriage can probably get you to Austria’s border from Leonie forest in half a day. Ludwig: Austria!? Page 150 Hornig: This plan was also worked out by the Austrian Empress Elizabeth. Ludwig: Sisi・ Oh・lt;/span> Hornig: We are all saddened by your unhappiness. Please・ live, Your Majesty ・live. Ludwig: Hornig・lt;/span> Page 151 Hornig: Tomorrow・for sure! Page 152 % Tomorrow------ for sure! Ludwig: % Why amI trembling? Hadn’t I made up my mind? --- But.. now I long for something terribly・ Page 153 Ludwig: Hornig ---- I want to live with you・ The Report from Dr Guden’s assistant, Mr Von Muller. 13th June 1886 ・The Eucharist, Advent Sunday. The king arose & washed himself at six in the morning. After breakfast he had an interview with Dr Guden. He seemed to be worried about his young brother Prince Otto. (Dr Guden also acts as the Prince’s chief physician.) Page 154 At 11:15 am, the rain let up, so as per the king’s wish, he, Dr Guden and the nurse attendant Hack went for a walk to the lake. Guden: What’s the matter? Ludwig: Hn. Are you afraid of an Anarchist attack or something? Guden: (What an eagle-eyed guy!) Please arrange for the police to be placed further away during our walks! Page 155 Maria: You’re all muddy! I’ll bring you a change of clothes. Or would you like something warm---- Hornig: Thanks. Maria: You haven’t gotten a wink of sleep since yesterday, and you haven’t really had anything to eat either, have you!? You’ll collapse! Hornig: If I’m not moving, I get uneasy. The plans are all favourable ---- even though I shouldn’t have anything to worry about・lt;/span> Maria: You’re all tense. Don’t worry, it’ll go well, I tell ya. Page 156 Hornig: Yeah, it will Hornig: Maria Maria: Uh・I・I’m selfish. Even though I know you belong to the king, even though I knew it when I attached myself to you, ・ I kinda feel like I don’t want you to be taken away・lt;/span> Maria: (ehheh・You’re kinda like if you lost him, you’d die --- but promise! Page 157 Maria: You’ll return --- for sure! Hornig: Thank you, Maria. Woman: It sure is raining a lot. Elizabeth: Yes・it is. Elizabeth: % The prepared carriage should be arriving at Leonie about now. ---- Please, let it go okay ---- I want to return him to the mountains. Page 158 4:30 in the afternoon. I discussed the matter of the afternoon walks with Dr Guden. The king’s behaviour has become calm & collected. I can only express doubt that this is sickness---- Hornstein: So you gave permission for an afternoon walk too? In the middle of all this rain!? Guden: I couldn’t find a reason for refusing it. Guden: Also, I intend to be the only person with him, so as not to give him suspicion. Hornstein: You’re being too soft, Doctor. What will you do if anything goes wrong? Guden: Nothing will happen. If it comes right down to it, I’ll use this. Hornstein: This is? Guden: It’s chloroform. Ranbardi: It’s Mr Hornig・right? I’m Baron Ranbardi from next door. I’ve heard all about it from Lady Elizabeth. If things turn out worse for the king, I want to help as much as I can! Page 159 Hornig: % 6:00 as promised・ There’s no shadow of a person. I wonder if・something has happened. Ranbardi: Let’s move a little nearer to the bank. We’re too conspicuous here. Ludwig: Isn’t Dr Guden here yet? It’s way past the appointed time. Man: I think he’s conversing with Count Hornstein about something right now・I’ll go look. Guden: I’m late aren’t I, Your Majesty. Okay, shall we go? Man: Dr Guden Page 160 Ludwig: There’s nothing to be bothered about. You have something you believe in I suppose. Page 161 Ludwig: I had wanted to be good friends with you. 6:45, The King and the Doctor went out together for a walk towards the grove of the Schutalnberk lake. It was raining harder. At the entrance to the grove, what policeman Rautabach saw became the final witness testimony--- Man: Bring more torches! Man: Send a telegraph to Munich saying the king has disappeared! Man: The two of you go together, okay? After 8 o’clock, the two didn’t return, so the castle suddenly became agitated. Thirty minutes later all the castle’s inhabitants were mobilized and searched the lake----- Page 162 9 o’clock, the search was still continuing. Ranbardi: That・what was it・it・it wasn’t human. What・did I see・! Past 10 o’clock ----- The king’s coat was discovered caught in the reeds about the lake. Then an umbrella and the doctor’s hat were found. Man: Hey, there’s something over there! Get a boat. Page 163 Man: Aaaaah, Dr Guden! A pole, bring a pole. Man: The king also・is over here・ Page 164 Man: The both of them are already ----- Hornstein: Oh・my god. 11:20, the bodies of the King & Dr Guden were confirmed---- Hornig: (cough cough) Ranbardi: Mr Hornig・you’re alive!? I thought you must have been pulled under too---- Hornig: He told me to live・lt;/span> Page 165 Hornig: He told me・to live. He said・“You can’t go with me. Live and find out what happens next・・lt;/span> Hornig: I・can’t go against・those words・ I can’t oppose them・! Ranbaredi: Y・you okay? Hornig: % ------ Your・Majesty Page 166 Possenfohen (Elizabeth’s residence) Elizabeth: I hear that it has been reported that the Mad King Ludwig tried to escape by entering the lake, and then when Dr Guden tried to stop him, he choked him to death, then committed suicide. Elizabeth: Only you two know the truth. Baron Ranbardi holds his tongue and won’t say a word about it. What did you see? Elizabeth: Or did he ---- really commit suicide? Elizabeth: Losing hope completely・ Answer me, Hornig. Page 167 Hornig: ・ Even if I told someone, they probably wouldn’t believe it. But Lady Elizabeth, I believe you would understand with your sympathetic soul, so I can tell you. Hornig: About that day ---- Hornig: Around after 7:00, finally a shadow reflected on the bank and so we began to paddle the boat ---- it was certainly the king. The king saw us, and, shaking off the doctor who tried to stop him, tried to get closer to us. Page 168 Hornig: His eyes caught my own. He looked me straight in the eye ----- yes, for certain at that time he intended to go to us. $ Hornig: Watch out, Your Majesty, behind you!! Page 169 $ Ludwig: % Chloroform ・he intends to render me unconscious! $ Ranbardi: Mr Hornig! $ Hornig: Your Majesty! $ Ludwig: Hornig Page 172 $ Lohengrin: So, Your Majesty, that’s enough, isn’t it? Do what you should do. $ Ludwig: Wh・what I should do? $ Lohengrin: The flow of history is entering the next century, and things will become darker and darker. Souls will fall to ruin, and materialistic doctrines will be influential. The veil of mystery over everything will be stripped away, and slaughter overflowing with blood, nature and atmosphere will cause enduring shame. Foolish & ugly primitive form will be bared. Page 173 $ Lohengrin: You are the chosen one. You will become the legendary king. When people think of your legend, people will remember with nostalgia the nobleness of the soul. They will learn sympathy for the ideal you painted. $ Hornig: Your Majesty, you mustn’t lend an ear to a demon’s words! $ Lohengrin: Where is the need for hesitation? Your kingdom will be completed by your death・ Page 174 $ Hornig: Waaaa $ Ludwig: Hornig $ Hornig: Your Majesty Page 175 $ Ludwig: You said you believed in the immortality of the soul. $ Ludwig: In that case, I will always be with you ---- always. Page 176 $ Hornig: Your Majesty $ Hornig: No・ Your Majesty・Your Majesty~~~ page 177 Luwig: My beloved. Make this vow last for eternity. Hornig: When I regained consciousness, I was floating by myself inside the dark water. There were countless fires of torches at the shore ---- they Page 178 Hornig: They looked like fires of benediction for the king. For some reason I was a little --- relieved. 15th June ----- The line of people come to pay their final respects to the king’s remains continued into the town of Munich. Somebody had placed in that hand a bunch of blue jasmine flowers --- it’s said that the king loved that blue in his lifetime.