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She did not see him , it is true , but she made him a mute speech which ran : `` When , foolish sovereign , who did not even think it worth while to grant me a single look , you hear the singing again to-night , and miss the voice which , I know full well , penetrated your heart , you will learn its value , and long for it as ardently as I desired your summons . '' Here her cheeks glowed so hotly that Frau Kastenmayr noticed it , and with maternal solicitude asked , from her heavy , steady bay horse : `` Is the gray too gay for you , my darling ? '' Shortly after sunset Appenzelder received the order to have the boy choir sing before the Emperor . During the noon hour , which the monarch had spent alone , thoughts so sad , bordering upon melancholy , had visited him , although for several hours he had been free from pain , that he relinquished his resentful intention of showing his undutiful sister how little he cared for her surprise and how slight was his desire to enjoy music . In fact , he , too , regarded it as medicine , and hoped especially for a favourable effect from the exquisite soprano voice in the motet `` Tu pulchra es . '' He still had some things to look over with Granvelle , but the orchestra and the boy choir must be ready by ten o'clock . Would it not have been foolish to bear this intolerable , alarming mood until the midnight meal ?