Franziska und die Freunde 1
Was über den Spiegel beschlossen wurde 13
Die Pest im Vintschgau 25
Der Stationschef 47
Geronimo de Aguilar 63
Von Helden und ihrem Widerspiel 89
Der Tempel von Apamea 107
Die Gefangenen auf der Plassenburg 135
Paterner 176
Nimführ und Willenius 196
Herr de Landa und Peter Hannibal Meier 212
Begegnung 231
Die Geschichte des Grafen Erdmann Promnitz 242
Franziskas Erzählung 275
Aurora 291
Der Affe und der Spiegel 323
_Ich widme dieses Buch meiner Frau._
O thou whose face hath felt the Winter's wind
Whose eye has seen the snow-clouds hung in mist,
And the black elm-tops 'mong the freezing stars,
To thee the Spring will be a harvest time.
O thou, whose only book has been the light
Of supreme darkness which thou feddest on
Night after night when Phoebus was away,
To thee the Spring shall be a triple morn,
O fret not after knowledge, I have none,
And yet my song comes native with the warmth.
O fret not after knowledge, I have none
And yet the evening listens.
He who saddens
At thought of idleness cannot be idle,
And he's awake who thinks himself asleep.
_Keats._