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tracted with fright and physically unfit to move, was rendered 
still more miserable by the harshness of his companion, who 
reproached him with having now played the most stupid trick 
possible, which, perhaps, would not turn out so well as he 
intended. 
Kaspar, astonished and grieved at this lack of sympathy in his 
trouble, had only strength enough to lift his eyes appealingly 
towards heaven and gasp, ¢ God—knows !” 
Three physicians were summoned, Dr. Heidenreich, Dr. 
Horlacher, and Dr. Albert. The wound was examined, but, 
owing to the turn the assassin’s knife had taken, the depth and 
extent of the injury could not be determined by the surgeon’s 
instruments, and as Kaspar’s sufferings were not severe, his danger 
did not seem so great as it really was, although the doctors 
declared from the first that the issue was doubtful. 
After Meyer had summoned medical aid he went to Councillor 
Hofmann and informed him of what had occurred, declaring that 
Kaspar’s conduct in this affair was only another proof that he was 
an impostor, as he had given himself a slight wound, merely to 
make an uproar, hoping to convince Lord Stanhope that he was 
not safe in Germany, so that the Earl would take him to England. 
Hofmann replied that Kaspar did not now want to go to Eng- 
land ; on the contrary, in talking about his future prospects, he 
had often expressed a hope that the Earl would make such a pro- 
vision for him as would enable him to stay in Ansbach; he even 
wanted Hofmann to use his influence with Stanhope to that end. 
As for the charge of -imposture, Kaspar had told him with tears 
that he knew the Earl considered him an impostor, and he had 
often cried about it when he went to bed; but since he had 
learned in his religious instruction that God sees our hearts, he 
had felt tranquil, and did not weep any more, because he knew 
that he was not an impostor. He was also comforted with the 
thought that he had a Father in Heaven, and yet it was his 
greatest wish to find out who was his earthly father; it was all 
the same if he should prove to be poor and of low station; he 
did not think about the question as other people did,