...so long." M. Empaytaz gives the following account of the interview : " Mme de Krudener, on hearing the approach of the Emperor, had left the village...night — for three whole hours, the sternness of Mme Krudener's words being tempered by the invariable sweetness and gentleness of her voice and manner....

...interview : " Mme de Krudener, on hearing the approach of the Emperor, had left the village of Schluchtern with the express intention of intercepting him at...night — for three whole hours, the sternness of Mme Krudener's words being tempered by the invariable sweetness and gentleness of her voice and manner....

...yet sufficiently humbled himself before God, that she also had been a great sinner, but that she had found pardon for her sins at the foot of the Cross of Christ. Alexander replied: "You have made me discover things in myself which I had never seen. I give thanks...