shut himself up alone and considered it. and he probably devised

some consolation for himself, for he subsequently again went out to

drive, feeling merry and happy. But this time he saw a sick man.

He saw an emaciated, livid, trembling man with dim eyes. The

prince, from whom sickness had been concealed, stopped and asked

what this was. And when he learnt that this was sickness, to which

all men are liable, and that he himself -- a healthy and happy

prince -- might himself fall ill tomorrow, he again was in no mood