Hesselschwerdt and the landlord went with him to the steamer. When they were on board the landlord said: "Herr Marquis, Herr Didier has not yet come!" "Let him rest," answered Ludwig; "we will go on." Kainz had himself rowed across to Brunnen, but the King had left when he arrived there. The actor followed him to Lucerne, and prayed Hesselschwerdt to announce him to the King. The former returned and said that his Majesty would receive him in the garden, if he did not wish to make up for his lost night's rest. Ludwig appeared shortly afterwards. Kainz made several excuses, which the King interrupted, assuring him that he was glad to see him again, and that he regretted his own want of spirits. Although Ludwig treated him with familiarity, his extreme sense of self-esteem could not endure that a seemly line of demarcation should be passed by his young friend. After the return from Switzerland he did not invite him again; nor did he ever again witness any performance of his on the stage, but for a short space of time he continued to carry on a correspondence with the actor. His last letter, in which he thanks Kainz for good wishes which the latter had sent him, concludes with the following words:-- "Probably Didier sometimes thinks kindly of his Saverny. My hearty greetings to you. All good spirits bless you. This is wished you with all his heart by your friendly, "Ludwig. "The Swiss châlet at Hohenschwangau, the 31st July, 1881, at night." Shortly afterwards Kainz was dismissed from the Hof Theater at Munich. As long as the King lived he hoped to be recalled; but the hope was not destined to be fulfilled. When, later, Ludwig heard him spoken of he would abruptly change the topic of conversation; and when he read his name in the newspaper would lay the latter aside, or throw it into the waste-paper basket. Kainz's conduct proved that he had been unworthy of his friendship; nobody perhaps abused his confidence more than he did. The King had hardly drawn his last breath before the young actor sold all his letters to a Berlin newspaper. Ludwig had in these letters allowed him to glance into his inward life, and their publication immediately after the benefactor's death was not only unseemly but heartless. The general opinion of his conduct is expressed in the following verse:-- "Hat Ludwig dir in königlicher Grösse Gezeigt des Herzens Tiefen ohne Scheu. Du warst gewiss, da du sie bloss jetzt legest, Dem todten, hohen Freunde wenig treu." CHAPTER XXXIII King Ludwig and his Servants