3:THE KING SAW MY GIFTS AND "SAMPLES" WITH SUCH
AWE~STRUCK IN HIS EYES,HE THEN PAUSED AND STARED AT ME WITH
TEARS IN HIS EYES.......
HELL,I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT HE WAS CRYING ABOUT,THEN I TOOK A HINT....OF WHY HE
WAS CRYING.....'HIS DEMISE'......
" 'MEIN JUNGE'....YOU
ARE FROM 'THE FUTURE'....
THIS I BELIEVE
IS NOW TRUE....TELL ME,WHAT YEAR DID YOU COME FROM?"
MY THROAT
WAS EXTREMELY DRY,AND I HAD TO TAKE A DEEP SWALLOW OF
THE "RHINE~WINE",OFFERED BY THE KING,IN ORDER TO CONTINUE ON.THEN ANSWERED
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE....
"YOUR
MAJESTY,I....COME FROM THE YEAR;2006....THE 21st CENTURY....."
THE KING
CONTINUED ON.....
"HOW LONG....HAVE
I've BEEN....'GONE'"?
I WAS
SILENT,'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO TELL HIM....BUT I DID SO,ANY WAY.....
"ONE
HUNDRED AND TWENTY YEARS,and....
TWO AND A HALF MONTHS....M'LORD
,MON ROI."
I SWALLOWED
HARD,AGAIN....AS THOUGH I HAD
ATE A WHOLE BIG
PILLOW.PLUS ON TOP OF THAT,I WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.....
LUDWIG TOOK IN A
DEEP,DEEP,DEEP BREATH.....
WITH TEARS STILL FALLING
FROM HIS EYES......
"1886....SOMETIME
IN JUNE......,"
AND THAT'S
WHEN THINGS BEGAN TO GET UGLY.....THE KING JUST SUDDENLY GRABBED
ME,SO FAST.....I SWEAR,I WAS ABOUT TO SCREAM MY ASS OFF! LUCKILY,
I CHILLED....FOR LUDWIG STILL BELIEVED I WAS 'A BOY'......STILL
THE KING WAS STILL
HOLDING ON TO ME,LIKE 'AN ACORN NUT'.....
"HOW WILL
IT HAPPEN?! WILL I BE MURDERED?!
YOU MUST TELL
ME! TELL ME EVERY THING! GIVE ME NAMES! YOU MUST KNOW!!!!"
I QUICKLY
SPOKE UP,AS TO CALM HIM DOWN, AS WELL AS KEEPING THE KING
FROM KNOWING "MY SECRET".....
"M'LORD,EVEN
I DON'T KNOW THAT! SOME SAY THAT YOU HAD DIED FROM A HEART
ATTACK,AND THERE ARE SOME;LIKE MYSELF
WHO HAVE SAID:THAT YOU WERE
'ASSASSINATED'.....BY YOUR ENEMIES.....!"
LUDWIG THEN
CAME UP CLOSER TO ME....I SWEAR THAT HE WAS GOING TO BITE
MY NOSE OFF.....
"YOU MUST
TELL ME! YOU MUST KNOW!"HE SHOOK
ME REAL HARD,I SWORE HE WAS GOING TO KILL ME! BUT THANKFULLY
I WAS UNUSUALLY CALM,AND STOOD MY GROUND..."M'LORD KONIG,I HAVE A HUNCH...IT BE 'THE PRUSSIANS'.....AND
M'LORD KONIG,I MUST BEG A BOON....."
LUDWIG LOOKED AT ME IN SILENCE,THEN
SPOKE.
"ON WHAT
GROUNDS?"HE DEMANDED,SNATCHING
A SIP OF A GLASS OF 7UP,IN WHICH HE SEEMED VERY PLEASURABLE.....A
SLIGHT SMILE THEN CAME OVER HIS LIPS.....STILL,I TOOK IN A DEEP
BREATH....TO CONTINUE ON OF WHAT I WANTED FROM HIM.....
"THESE
MEETINGS...MUST BE...BY ALL MEANS....FOREVER REMAIN....IN SECRET.....FOR I
FEAR THAT 'THE CHANCELLOR;PRINCE OTTO VON BIZMARCK'....MIGHT FIND OUT
ABOUT ME....AND DO ME HARM...BECAUSE....BECAUSE....I'M
FROM 'THE FUTURE'.....ALSO, I WISH
'NOT' FOR 'YOUR MOTHER;
THE QUEEN',NOR 'DIE MEISTER;WAGNER'
TO KNOW ABOUT OUR MEETING....THAT IS ALL FOR WANT I WANT...M'LORD
MON ROI KONIG....."I
HAD BREATHED IN DEEPLY,HOPING THAT "THE KING" WOULD UNDERSTAND MY
MEANING.
AGAIN "THE KING" SPOKE
UP:
"WHY ARE
YOU SO AFRAID OF 'DER
CHANCELLOR; PRINZ OTTO
VON BIZMARCK'? YOU MUST TELL ME EVERYTHING,FROM WHERE YOU COME FROM,'MEIN
JUNGE',SO....IN
EXCHANGE FOR
'MY PROTECTION'......
YOU WILL TELL
ME EVERYTHING!"
