Take him altogether, to those who were not intimately associated
with him, and did not share the strong dislike felt against him in
certain circles, he was chiefly a handsome and attractive antiquity.
Kristian Moeller died in 1869, and his death was deeply lamented. He was
one of the few comrades admired by the younger ones alike for his gifts
and his stoicism. With his death my opportunities of frequently meeting
Orla Lehmann ceased. But that the latter had not quite lost sight of me,
he proved by appearing, at the end of February, 1870, at my examination
upon my doctor's thesis at the University. As on this occasion Lehmann
arrived a little late, he was placed on a chair in front of all the
other auditors, and very imposing he looked, in a mighty fur coat which
showed off his stately figure. He listened very attentively to
everything, and several times during the discussion showed by a short
laugh that some parrying reply had amused him.
Six months afterwards he was no more.
XVII.
During those years I came into very curious relations with another
celebrity of the time. This was M. Goldschmidt, the author, whose great
talent I had considerable difficulty in properly appreciating, so
repelled was I by his uncertain and calculating personality.
I saw Goldschmidt for the first time, when I was a young man, at a large
ball at a club in Copenhagen.
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