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Jendela Orpheus 2 / Orpheus No Mado 2 / ORPHEUS' WINDOW 2
by 
IKEDA Riyoko
synopsis vol. 6 - 10


 

Julius accused Herman von Virkrich to be identic with Ernest von Beringer.
Her father might kill both of his parents with the army instruction, but he wouldn't kill
a 5 years old boy. And although the world knew the boy was killed, there's none of his name
on the grave. Herman rejected to admit it. He would take revenge to Alensmeier family
anyway, though Julius asked him to stay away from her mother and sisters.

He went to Orpheus' Window to meet Julius' mother. He had a plan.
When she came, he pushed her. But when she almost fell, he realized, that she was
his Kriemhild. He caught one of her hand. After 18 years, finally he could hold her hand again. But the window was almost ruined. "Oh window... see finally love could defeat you...."
He chose his love and both of them fell together.

 Julius was so upset, that her mother left her alone in this world.
Maria Barbara was upset too, because her step-mother took the man she loved
to the place she couldn't reach. The rumours hurt Julius most.

David found Klaus' Stradivari violin in the black market. He bought it cheaply and gave it
to Julius. Meanwhile, the Alensmeier family got financial problem.

Roberta was sold by her own father for a bottle of whisky.
After that, being very distressed, she ran away to meet Isaac, whom she loved deep in her heart, and was hit by Morits' cart. Morits gave money to the owner of the bar.
Then he knew Isaac worked there.

Julius and Isaac incidentally found the knife in their headmaster's room.
The knife that hurt Julius' arm a year ago in the carnaval.

Morits came to see Frederike.
He menaced, that Isaac would never play in an orchestra,
if people knew that he played piano in a bar.
He asked her to be his girlfriend.
He would wait her answer within one week.
Frederike was very sad.
When Isaac came home, she said, she loved her brother.
Isaac said, he loved her too.
Frederike came to Morits' house. But his mother didn't permit her to come inside.
She waited in the middle of the snow. When he came home, it was too late.
She fainted. She got fever. Her cough was blood.
Morits was very scared. He went to call Isaac.
Isaac came with Julius and brought her home.


She's talking about Isaac playing in the orchestra, though she was unconscious.
Isaac decided to play piano for her.
But before the epilog,
she was already gone.
With a smile on her lips.

Isaac regretted himself. He felt so stupid.
He considered, that Frederike was not his real sister.
And she loved him very much.
Morits regretted himself deeply. He felt he was the murderer.
Bettina came and said, she loved him, not because of his money.
Morits decided to leave the music school and joined the family business.
Isaac left the bar, because the scholarship gave him more.
Roberta who was sold by her father once more, was very distressed.

January 22, 1905. Russian people who was hungry and suffered went to Tsar's palace.
But unexpectedly, they were welcomed by bullets.
Julius was very worry about Klaus.

Isaac who was chosen as Siegfried in the opera this year,
got a conclusion that the knife in the headmaster's room was false.
He prevented Julius from a consultation with the headmaster.

Annelote got bouquet of roses regularly from an unknown person.
Maria Barbara got a serious accident. Julius wondered if Annelote was behind this.
Julius' mind herself "jumped to the past" twice, once when she asked Isaac about
Frederike and then when Maria Barbara got accident, she ran to call her mom.
David told Isaac, that the reason for that, Julius might have heavy burden
in her mind, too heavy for her, like her father's dead, her mother's
dead... or because she was pushed to be a boy.... until she
could accept them. Isaac realized, David knew her secret.
And when too many people knew it, she must go, far away....

Roberta came to tell Isaac, that her father sold Hans, her little brother.
Isaac could do nothing than hugged her. As he did to Julius or Frederike before.
He could do nothing.

Julius was angry to Isaac. Was she jealous? Was she going to replace Klaus with him,
because Klaus was too far? Isaac suffered too much, and he kissed her. But a younger boy
saw them. David solved the case though, by kissing him. Isaac said, his kiss was a friendship
kiss. Julius wondered, if Isaac knew her secret, whereas her sisters didn't.

Annelote put poison in Maria Barbara's medicine.
Annelote got a beautiful necklace from her fan, to be worn in a party.
Morits and Bettina announced their engagement in that party.
Somebody had changed the necklace. Before the party or when the lighting was turned off?
Annelote was very angry with the insult. Her admirer never appeared.
Julius was surprised, when the police officer showed her a picture.
The necklace was Mrs. von Beringer's.

Who's behind this?
There's someone who still wanted to take revenge to Alensmeier family.
The original necklace contained phosphorus, so it would glow in the dark. Somebody was going to kill Annelote when he turned off the light. But sure, Jacob who loved her replaced it.
Julius felt very tired. She only hoped for one thing: to meet Klaus once more.

Julius who accidentally bumped into the headmaster, saw Mrs. von Beringer's photo
on his watch. She gave back the watch in his office and asked if his beloved person's
picture was on it. Finally Mr. Hans Frensdolf, the headmaster, told her everything.
Eleonore was his daughter. He suffered so much to give happiness to her.
But only to see that she was killed in her 25 years age. He took Ernest, her son,
and Jacob the servant. And put revenge on their minds. But fate turned the situation
complicated. Ernest or Herman was in love with Julius' mother and Jacob with Annelote.
He put poison on his tea and died in front of Julius.
David, Isaac and the police officer were too late to save his life.

Julius was very upset. Why didn't she die instead of him?
She must replace Kriemhild's player. So she played with Isaac.
She was fainted in the middle of the opera, but Isaac saved the situation.
But Julius' mind became confused. She thought about Klaus and ruined the opera.

David came when she was alone. He talked to himself. He asked, until when would she
ruin herself? While the person she loved, didn't want to understand her.

The police officer came to tell, that Jacob was gone, whereas his jacket
was found in the Danube River.

Julius decided to go to Russia and said farewell to her life as a boy. But meanwhile,
she was so tough, even Isaac couldn't tell his feeling to her. Isaac accidentally mentioned
Julius as "she" to Annelote. She was surprised. Did she know?

The police officer told Julius, that Joachim was Colonel Schwarzkoppen's illegal son.
The colonel was her father's assistant in murdering the von Beringer family and was involved in Dreyfus affair. Dreyfus was accused to be a spy, but stated innocent 12 years later.
(Note: Dreyfus affair was a real affair in history).

Julius bought poison silently. But when she came home, the servants told her, that both her sisters were fainted after drinking tea together. Somebody put poison on the tea.
She was afraid, she would be accused, when she had prepared her plan to
go to Russia. But when she tried to leave that night, she became suspicious.
The servants were all asleep. And Annelote tried to kill Maria Barbara.
Then Annelote told Julius her story. She said, she always gave poison to Maria Barbara,
whereas she had gotten immunity. She admitted, that she was the one who killed Gertrute.
Their father was the Russian spy, not Mr. von Beringer. She believed, he kept Tsar's treasure
in his account in Frankfurt. The money Tsar would use if he must run away.
She told her, that she was born from the affair between her mother and Colonel Schwarzkoppen. To keep this a secret, she killed her own mother when she was 15.
Jacob was the only person who knew her secret. He admired her very much.
When their father became suspicious with her birthday, she did the same to him.
Joachim was murdered by Mr. Hans, but when she came, he was still alive,
so she stabbed her own step-brother and planned to get Julius involved.
Annelote asked Julius to drink the tea. Julius was silence. Laughing, thinking that
Julius didn't trust her, she drank from Julius' cup to prove she didn't give her poison.
Julius asked if she was the one who almost made her mother got burned.
Annelote admitted it. But then the poison was working. She didn't know,
Julius put poison in her own tea to commit suicide. And she didn't have
immunity from this kind of poison. Julius left her.

Julius went to Isaac to say good bye. Isaac got scholarship in Wina.
He said, he loved her, since they met at the Orpheus' Window.
But she still decided to go. In the same night, Annelote was gone.
 


Vol 8 - 10 told the story about Isaac in Wina until he finally came back to Regensburg.

Isaac stayed in Mrs. Elsa Craft's house. There he met her niece,
Amalia Schenberg, the daughter of his teacher, Professor Schenberg.

Reinhart Ermanlich laughed at Isaac's piano playing.

Isaac taught the girls in Zeiderhouvar family, Marvida and Clara.
Marvida looked precisely like Frederike; Clara had paralyzed legs.

Katarina von Brennel came one day. She told Isaac, she studied to be a nurse,
without her parents' permission. She asked him to keep this a secret.
Amalia knew, that Katarina had a feeling to Isaac. Amalia seduced him
and was succeeded. Now their friends knew, he was her boyfriend.

Katarina told him, that Roberta was gone after her father died.
Isaac had a feeling, that she was in Wina.

Amalia invited Isaac to come to her room. First Isaac rejected her persuasion
to make love, when he suddenly remembered Julius, but then he changed his mind,
when Amalia said he's a coward. They became lovers.
But David who came because Isaac called for him, asked if his eyes showed any love.
They're so difference, compare with when he hoped for Julius.
Isaac said, he had tried to forget her for one year and he suffered.

Students from St. Sebastian music school in Regensburg came to pay a visit.
Marvida recognized a boy whom she met at the Orpheus' Window.
His name was Franc von Herwick. They promised to send letter to each other.

Isaac found out, that Reinhart had special relationship with his own step-mother,
who had a beautiful young son named Wolfie. Unexpectedly Reinhart gave him the song,
which he wrote 10 years ago, which had been asked by Isaac since quite a long time.
The song was a weird song.

Then one day Isaac found a pianist who looked like a beggar,
playing that song in a music shop. He was sent away.

Amalia began to compare Isaac with her friends. She wanted to have a holiday in Paris, but he thought about his piano lesson. Finally Isaac bought a wallet from his one month salary, but Amalia threw the gift away. Then he came to her father, only to find out, that she had gone to
Paris with her fiance yesterday. Isaac felt betrayed. He slapped her face when they met.
But that didn't change her wedding plan.

David asked Isaac to meet Elvira Meyer. Elvira was a poor girl with a high spirit. She wanted to look for her boyfriend, and David suspected, he was the same guy Isaac saw in the music shop.

Isaac found another guy, who played Beethoven so natural and beautifully.
But he forgot to ask his name.

Reinhart told Isaac about Yosef von Hasler, the pianist who looked like a beggar.
Reinhart silently support him. His carreer was ruined, because of Reinhart's song.
It damaged his fingers.
13 years ago, there's a famous pianist, a wonderful small girl named Nannet Mozart.
She was 4 years old. When she was 7 she made a concert. When she was 10,
she disappeared. It was Reinhart, who couldn't get permission from his parents
to play piano, because they're aristocrat family. Yosef the genius was a pianist then.
They competed and played each other song in front of the audience. Reinhart gave
him that song. Yosef was ruined. But unexpectedly, because the song was written
for destruction, Reinhart's soul could not accept that and he could not play anymore
too. He asked Isaac to give back the evil song, before it was too late. But Isaac
refused to do that. He dreamt, it could be played as a heavenly song.

Marvida and Clara's oldest sister, Ingrid, was engaged. Actually she loved Anton,
one of her father's employee, but she chose to marry her fiance.

Isaac finally knew, that the guy who played Beethoven beautifully was Wilhelm Bachaus.

Isaac met Morits and Maria Barbara (Julius' oldest sister). The Alensmeier cooperated
with the Kippemberg. Morits had a baby from Bettina. But when he saw Marvida,
he was very surprised. She looked precisely like Frederike. He told her
what he  knew, that Franc von Herwick had been engaged with somebody else.
Marvida was shocked. Morits regretted that and tried to apologize.

Isaac's debut was planned. But he didn't feel confidence.
Professor Schenberg told him to follow Arthur Schnaber, not Wilhelm Bachaus.
Soul was important, not only technic. Isaac was still confused.

Unexpectedly Amalia phoned him. She asked him to meet at a hotel in Carnberg
that weekend. While Isaac wanted to meet Bachaus for the last time before his debut
in a concert in Salzburg. He took a train to Carnberg. But a little boy fan
made him change his mind.

Flora Enmarlich was pregnant. Mr. Enmarlich sent his wife and
Reinhart first, then Wolfie later, to South France, where the winter was milder.
But Wolfie met Elvira Meyer, when he looked for Isaac.
Then Wolfie disappeared.

Meanwhile, Isaac asked Bachaus to play "Caesar" for him.
At home, Mrs. Craft told him about Wolfie. On the same time, Elvira came
to say good bye. She would go home with Yosef. About Wolfie, she only told him the truth.
The truth about his mother and brother. It's her revenge to Reinhart.

Wolfie came to his mother's place. He approached when the two lovers were kissing.
He fired his gun. Reinhart was shot. "This day finally came", he whispered,
before he died. He left his new songs to Isaac, who appreciated them very much.
The Enmarlich moved to America after the scandal.

Amalia who waited for Isaac in vain, committed suicide. But her life could be saved.
Her husband would give her divorce. Katarina advised her, that Amalia didn't really love
Isaac. Amalia became angry and let Katarina's parents knew her secret. They came
and was very angry finding Katarina as a nurse. They insisted to take her home.

Amalia left a candle in her hospital room, when her friends picked her up.
It caused fire in the whole hospital. Katarina must lead a group of young and old women.
They tried to go out through the fire. With Katarina's brave heart, they succeeded.

Amalia was very ashamed of herself, because she ran away from the fire.
She admitted that, when she visited Katarina in the hospital. Katarina got another visitor,
Leopold. Her parents gave her permission to continue her study as a nurse.
Amalia left a farewell letter to Isaac.

Isaac Vashuit became a star. He won Rubinstein Award. He would begin
his second world-tour. He became a lecturer in Wina music school.

Morits became involved with Marvida.
Whereas Isaac asked Clara's father to permit her to make a debut as a pianist.
Anastasia, a Russian violist, told Isaac about Klaus or Alexei Mikhailov.
Isaac wondered, if Julius went to Russia.
Meanwhile, Roberta who worked as a prostitute named Lily,
faithfully sent bouquet of flowers to Isaac.
She took a note fell on the street (by Anastasia) and was accused of being a spy.
Isaac came to see her, but she refused to say, that she knew him.
She didn't want Isaac to be involved.

Roberta was not sent to prison yet, because she was pregnant.
Anastasia who read it in the newspaper went to Isaac to give him her Stradivary violin,
then surrender herself to save Roberta who was innocent.
Roberta was kept in a treatment center, but then she ran away.
She fell on the street. Katarina took care of her, but the baby couldn't be saved.
Isaac intended to marry her, but David reminded him of the difference social class
between them, and people despised her very much.

Ingrid's son, Keath, was kidnapped by Anton. She was very distressed.
But she realized, she loved her husband, Thomas, now.

Morits and Marvida loved each other. Morits intended to divorce his wife, so one day
Bettina came to see Marvida, as an arrogant lady. Marvida who overheard the conversation
on Morits' place was shocked, when she knew about Frederike. She regretted herself.

Isaac married Roberta. People still despised her, until Princess Sofie, Prince Frans Ferdinand's wife, from Austria, talked to her after Isaac's concert. But later Isaac was busy with abroad concerts, and when he came home, he found out and heard bad rumours about his wife.
She used to bring her prostitute friends and drank until she got drunk.

Meanwhile, unexpectedly Franc von Herwick came to find Marvida. He told her, that his mother didn't agree with their relationship. But now, they promised to love each other
and started a brand new day.
Morits and Bettina went back to Regensburg to begin again their new life.

Isaac avoided Roberta who was having a party with her friends. He was very shocked when she began gambling and using his piano playing as a bet. He felt insulted. He didn't want to
recognize her in front of the people in a restaurant. Then they heard, that Prince Frans Ferdinand and Princess Sofie were killed in Sarajevo, Bosnia, June 28, 1914. It was the beginning of World War I. Isaac went to the war. It took 4 years. The war was ended with the lost of Austria and Germany. Isaac went home and soon Roberta became pregnant. But before she could tell him the news, Isaac found out, that he couldn't play piano any more. His fingers couldn't. This condition made him very distressed. Soon they faced financial problems, but Roberta always hid it from him. It gave problems though. She sold Isaac's songs to other party, so Isaac must pay fee to the person who bought his copyright legally. Then she sold herself,
in hope that they could pay new method treatment for Isaac's fingers. But he knew where she went last night and became very angry. He sent her away.

Months later, Zabine came to Isaac. She told that, Roberta's condition was critical after giving a birth. Roberta was very happy to see Isaac again. She said, that his son's name was Yubel. She apologized for all her foolness. When Isaac said, he was the one to apologize, she said, she was very very happy with him. And then she died.

Isaac went back to Regensburg. He felt it like home sweet home.
Below the Orpheus' Window, he saw somebody approaching him.
It was Julius with empty eyes. Did she recognize him???
 


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