The very next morning she dressed with care in discreet black and walked towards Unter den Linden to call on the Ministerās wife. She sent in her card which bore only the words: āEffi von Innstetten, nĆ©e von Briestā. Everything else had been left off, including āBaronessā. āHer Excellency will see youāāEffi followed the servant into an anteroom where she sat down and, in spite of her agitation, examined the pictures decorating the walls, first Guido Reniās Aurora, then opposite a few English etchings, engravings after Benjamin West in the familiar style of aquatints, full of light and shade. One of them was of King Lear on the blasted heath.