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" She " was Mary Vetsera, his mistress of the ardent face.

I, too, glanced at the seductress.

Two brilliant eyes met mine.

One word will describe her.

Mary was an imperial sultana, one who feared no other favourite, so sure was she of the power of her full and triumphant beauty, her deep black eyes, her cameo-like profile, her throat of a goddess, and her arresting sensual grace.

She had altogether taken possession of Rudolph, and she longed for him to be able to marry her.

Their liaison had lasted for three years ... At the soirée I was struck by my brother-in-law's state of nervous exhaustion but I thought it well to try and calm him by saying a word or two about Mary which would please him, so I remarked quite simply: " She is very beautiful.

"... Rudolph left me without replying.

An instant later he returned and murmured: " I simply cannot tear myself away from her.

"-Louise of Coburg