"For crown and whip" "Persons:" "Count Egon Wallenberg Irma, his sister The leading lady" "First act." "At castle Wallenberg." "Herta's and Egon's parents favour their children's love." ""So, dear friend, as soon as Egon has taken over the management of the goods, the engagement will be announced."" ""But now I really must go, or otherwise I won't catch the train for my garrison anymore."" "In the morning behind the beer shack in the small garrison." "...elite performance with selected acts." "The management invites to a numerous visit." "...elite performance with selected acts." "The management invites to a numerous visit." ""The circus is coming."" ""Damn, that little one is delightful, we want to see that from close by."" "Just that afternoon, the wish to see the stables, gave Egon and his friends the opportunity to make Fern's acquitance." "At the evening performance of the circus Manfred." "Director Manfred looks bold upon his pretty daughter." "During the break it also drew Egon to Fern's proximity." "And when the evening hour came..." ""This ring with the inscription 'Bliss and meeting again' will always remind you, how hard the farewell is on me."" "Both friends on a stroll." ""Say, Egon, isn't that the circus Manfred?"" ""Of course, you're right!" "Damn, how I am glad, to see the little Fern again."" ""Send these flowers with my card, as soon as after the circus Manfred."" "Hardly could Egon await the evening, because he wanted to surprise Fern during the performance." "For the first time Fern performed today one of the objectionable trainings with one of the horses trained by herself." ""Sir, I don't know with what right you are bothering me here."" ""'Bliss and meeting again', little Fern."" ""You sweet girl really thought of me every time?"" ""So until we meet again tomorrow."" ""Come, let us go into the garden for a bit."" ""You see, beloved girl, our ardent desire and the small ring have brought us back together again."" "Egon was living in a rush of bliss, he thought no more of Herta, not of his proudnoble mother." "To call Fern his own that was his only thought." ""Sir director, I ask for the hand of your daughter."" ""But sir count, think of the social gap."" ""But now you should make me a proper declaration of love."" "With an anxious heart had Egon ventured home, to ask for the acquiescence of his mother." ""What, you want to marry a circus artist?" "I'll never allow it!"" ""YOu help me, sister, to change the mother's mind, if you want, that I would be happy."" "Baron Treuenfels did the accounts, full of worries, if he could stay afloat until his daughter's wedding." ""Egon has engaged himself to a circus girl?"" "Although Egon had succeeded in breaking his mother's resistance, when the young couple returned from the honeymoon then the old countess greeted the unwelcome daughter-in-law very coldly." "The first breakfast at castle Wallenberg." ""Dear child, you will have to accostume yourself to other behaviour here."" "The old ladies of the county are with the old countess for coffeetalk..." "and are aghast at the young countess." ""Oh, youth..." "My dear daughter-in-law is highly temperamental."" "When the young countess was alone there she thought herself safe for the constraint that she had to impose on herself in the presence of the others." ""Such tricks may befit a circus artist, but not a countess Wallenberg."" ""I pipe at the dukal crown, my honest craft is dearer to me."" ""But be for my pleasure a bit forthcoming towards me and my mother."" ""Swear to me, that you never want to be so nasty to me again."" "The domestic staff amuses themselves about the young countess." ""Well now, you will soon want to be a circus rider as well."" "One morning." "Wood rest, wood lust, vivid fairy tale dreams..." ""The young countess already rode off at 5 o'clock."" "Lost!" "An unpleasant meeting." ""Mrs. is still quite far from castle Wallenberg perhaps you'll rest a bit beforehand on my castle located nearby."" ""Mrs. countess rode out alone this morning at five o'clock."" ""But that won't work, that you constantly expose me in front of the staff."" "At the first ball, which the young couple gave, young and old saluted the young countess." "...only the gossip talkers..." "The mother in law also takes offence." "Deceived in her hope, is Herta envious of Fern's bliss." "Only one thought is inside her:" "Win back Egon at any price." "Luck is dealt in a strange way." "You may easier find it than keep it." "It shakes even sooner than one'd have thought." "Fern had omitted the meeting with Velten so she couldn't avoid his invitation." "He seems Herta the true tool for her plans." "Velten, for whom even the young marital bliss of the friend wasn't sacred, was quickly caught in cunning Herta's nets." ""So lonely, pretty lady?"" ""Why so prim, why do you want to refuse me, what you gave to others."" ""Would you perhaps deny, mrs. countess, that you've laid in the arms of a man in the garden of the Residence Hotel?"" ""That is true, ladies and gentlemen, that man then was" " I myself."" "On the morning of the duel." "Some time after." "The duel luckily didn't take a lethal turn, but baron Velten is heavily injured." "His opponent count Egon van Wallenberg was sentenced to six months castle arrest." ""Haven't I always said, that this marriage can't end well."" "Egon had had to report for his punishment directly." "Oh human heart, what is your bliss?" "A puzzlingly taken and hardly greeted, and lost again, unrepeated moment." ""Yes, Irma, you're now the only one here, who feels for me." "The others hate me." "I'm so afraid."" "And I count the days that still separate me from you." "Only here in my loneliness do I truly feel, ...how much I love you, and how happy I will be, when I can hold you in my arms again." "Your Egon" "Herta again often attended the old countess and looked for every chance, to fire up her hate for Fern." "And I count the days that still separate me from you." "Only here in my loneliness do I truly feel, ...how much I love you, and how happy I will be, when I can hold you in my arms again." "Your Egon" ""I opened a letter from Egon to Fern by mistake." "That is a sign of fate."" ""Let me fix it, Fern will notice nothing, and we will reach our goal."" "It was a mistake of me, to lead you into a world, that is strange to you." "You were used to unrestrictedness and freedom and now you aren't happy, ...and I too suffer from the error that brought us together." "That's why it's best for both of us, if you return to your parents." "As soon as I'm at home, you'll hear more from me." "Egon von Wallenberg" ""Be without worry, Egon will be grateful to us for this service." "For surely he has long since regretted this marriage."" "With ardent desire Fern awaited a message from the faraway beloved." "It was a mistake of me, to lead you into a world that is strange to you." "You were used to unrestrictedness and freedom and ...now you aren't happy and I too suffer from the error that brought us together." "That's why it's best for both of us, ...if you return to your parents." "As soon as I'm at home, you'll hear more from me." "Egon von Wallenberg" "Broken in body and soul I leave the house in which I was so happy." "The knowledge of having innocently lost this happiness is so terrible that I can't live on, if my state did not hold me up straight, ...you can tell Egon that." "And to you Irma I give thanks for your sisterly love." "Goodbye." "Irma." "Count Egon Wallenberg" "To her husband she only sent back the wedding ring, what could she have written him at that?" "The next morning." "Broken in body and soul I leave the house in which I was so happy." "The knowledge of having innocently lost this happiness is so terrible that I can't live on, if my state did not hold me up straight, ...you can tell Egon that." "And to you Irma I give thanks for your sisterly love." "Goodbye." ""My god, what will that signify?"" ""I do not return to my husband again, I want to perform again in the circus."" "During his long recuperation it only truly dawned on Velten, what he had inflicted so lightheartedly." "CIRCUS MANFRED for the first time:" "The Leap of Death!" "of countess Wallenberg" "From the top of the circus in the waterarea on unsaddled horse." "Most dangerous piece of training that was ever shown." "The management." "Fern's reappearance as countess Wallenberg caused great surprise." "CIRCUS MANFRED for the first time:" "The Leap of Death!" "of countess Wallenberg" "From the dome of the circus in the water ring on unsaddled horse." "Most dangerous piece of training that was ever shown." "The management." "The audience crowds the circus in throngs." "...but today showed only interest for the beautiful countess Wallenberg from the 20 m. high dome of the circus." ""Is everything OK?"" ""Net pay attention my darling, and now... all the best."" "Meanwhile the ring was filled with water." "In breathless suspense, the audience followed the events up high." ""Attention..." "Ready!"" ""For god's will, what is that?"" "The audience was taken by a terrible panic." "When all attemps at rescue already seemed in vain, her body surfaced again from the water." "After long tries, director Manfred succeeded to bring his beloved child back to life." ""I hope, the accident will lead to no serious consequences."" "The house doctor could also calm the parents after careful examination." ""The main thing is plenty of rest, then the good hope that awaits your daughter will take a normal course."" ""But child, aren't you happy at all now?"" ""Calm yourself, darling, it will all turn out well again."" "The long castle arrest, as also the uncertainty about Fern's stay had thrown Egon on the sickbed." ""Recall the young mrs. countess." "Else I can't vouch for anything."" ""Only who knows passion, knows how I suffer?"" "Although Egon's physical condition had improved after some time, he still remained without participation." "Herta in her thoughts already saw herself at the goal of her desires." ""Pardon, my visit applies not to you, but I wish to speak mrs. countess."" ""I want to know what your curious attitude towards me means."" ""I'm ashamed, that I went along with your evil plans." "I hope that I can set right my frivolity."" ""To be with you, I carried pains, I left friends, all the earth's bliss."" "It wasn't pure coincidence, that the ducal family had found the same bathing spot, ...where Fern was also staying with her child and her parents." ""That is the child of countess Wallenberg..."" "That same day Velten came before Fern with the plea for forgiveness." ""And the desparate hours of the sorrow and unhappiness, can you undo those?"" "The allies set straight to work." ""Mrs. countess, that is your grandson."" ""Egon, your mother wants you."" ""At last, at last I have you back."" "Forgotten are dreary, heavy times in the warm sunshine of the present." "Bliss is just love, love is just bliss." "The end."