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there ; but the suggestion was for a long time unheeded, no 
svidence of its probability having as yet been revealed. 
In May, 1831, Lord Stanhope arrived for the second time in 
Nuremberg, and took up his abode at the “Gasthaus zum Wilden 
Mann,” the same hotel in which he had formerly lodged. It was 
a small inn of the second class, not at all the place which an 
English nobleman would be likely to choose for a lodging ; but 
Stanhope went there on that very account, and during his whole 
stay in Nuremberg he took pains to avoid meeting any of his 
countrymen who passed through the city. 
As soon as he was settled he began to make inquiries respect- 
ng the interesting youth whose attempted assassination had been 
‘he theme of talk when the noble lord was in Nuremberg about 
two years before. He expressed a great desire to see Kaspar 
Hauser, and on being informed that it would be necessary to 
>btain the Mayor’s consent to an interview, he lost no time in 
calling upon Herr Binder, who sent at once for the foundling and 
‘ntroduced him to the stranger. Lord Stanhope appeared to be 
much pleased with his new acquaintance, and obtained permis- 
sion for Kaspar to visit him at his hotel, and soon the foundling 
and the foreign nobleman were to be seen walking daily arm in 
arm through the streets, while a good share of Kaspar’s time was 
spent’ with his illustrious friend at the inn. Lord Stanhope’s 
manner towards him was so excessively affectionate as to call 
forth much wondering comment, and some evil-minded persons 
were disposed to put the worst construction upon the intimacy, 
while Kaspar’s true friends regretted to see such injudicious atten- 
‘ions lavished upon a person who, although a man in years, was 
only a child in experience, and already beginning to be vain of 
che universal curiosity and interest inspired by his exceptional 
history. 
Professor Daumer was disgusted at the kissing and embracing, 
‘he tender epithets and flattering distinctions bestowed upon the 
youth, and Herr von Tucher had no better term than ‘“monkey- 
love ” for the sudden and unaccountable fancy.