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rented a workshop. He labored day and night, and
in a week’s time he had produced a marvel. It was an
automatic carriage that could run up hill and down
at a rapid or slow rate of speed, could be steered
and turned, stopped and started, as one wished.
He became famous, and found friends everywhere.
He was so proud of his carriage that he journeyed
to Stockholm to show it to the King. And he
did not have to be shaken in a jog-cart or lie on a
hard wooden bench at way stations to wait for
post-horses, but travelled now in his own conveyance,
arriving at his destination in a few hours.
He went straight to the royal palace, and the
King with the ladies and gentlemen of the Court
came out to see him drive up. They could not say
enough in praise of his invention. The King said:
“You might well give me that carriage,
Kevenhüller.”
Although the inventor demurred, the King
would not be denied.
Kevenhüller then saw in the King’s company a
fair-haired court lady in a shimmering green gown
and, recognizing her, he guessed that she had
advised the King to ask him for the carriage. Filled
with dismay at the thought of parting with his
invention, and not daring to say “No” to the King,
he ran the machine against the wall of the palace
with such violence that it was smashed in a
thousand pieces.
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