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This evening there arrived frorave, dark-faced son of the

picture cleaner, with a horse and cart laden with two large packing

cases, having ues,

and whenever a er arrived at the schloss from our little capital

of Gratz, we used to crowd about him in the hall, to hear the news

This arrival created in our secluded quarters quite a sensation The

cases ree of by the

servants till he had eaten his supper Then with assistants, and armed

with ha chisel, and turnscrew, he met us in the hall, where

we had asse of the cases

Car listlessly on, while one after the other the old

pictures, nearly all portraits, which had undergone the process of

renovation, were brought to light My arian

family, and most of these pictures, which were about to be restored to

their places, had coh her

My father had a list in his hand, froed out the corresponding nuood, but they were, undoubtedly, very old, and some of them

very curious also They had, for thenow