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If thou choose to stay, thou shalt want, for nothing, either, to the end of thy life. Speak!" "At such unexpected question," says Fassmann, "there rose a fine blush over the Princess's face, who seemed to be at a loss for her answer.
Of all this nothing; nor, if we could help it, of another little circumstance, not mentioned by the Newspapers or Fassmann, which constitutes the meaning of this Visit for us now. It is a matter difficult to handle in speech. Babbling Pollnitz is the first witness; he deposes, after alluding to the sumptuous dinings and drinkings there:
Buddenbrock, Derschau, rough old Marlborough stagers, were generally there; these, "and two other persons," Grumkow and Seckendorf, whom Fassmann does not name, lest he get into trouble, "sat, well within earshot, round the bed.
Vast numbers were carried to the Schloss:" one figures Wilhelmina among them, figures the Hereditary Prince and old Margraf: their treatment there was "beyond belief," says Fassmann; "not only dinner of the amplest quality and quantity, but much money added and other gifts."
Friedrich Wilhelm sends back his Ten Thousand, according to contract; sends, over and above, a beautiful stock of "copper pontoons" to help the Imperial Majesty in that River Country, says Fassmann; sends also a supernumerary Troop of Hussars, who are worth mentioning, "Six-score horse of Hussar type," under one Captain Ziethen, a taciturn, much-enduring, much-observing man, whom we shall see again: these are to be diligently helpful, as is natural; but they are also, for their own behoof, to be diligently observant, and learn the Austrian Hussar methods, which his Majesty last year saw to be much superior.
But here, at first hand, is a slight view of that unique Polish Majesty, the Saxon Man of Sin; which the reader may be pleased to accept out of idle curiosity, if for no better reason. The same Fassmann, who was at the Fair of St. He paid his respects in her Majesty's apartment, for an instant, that evening; but made his formal visit next day. Very grand indeed.
Why stand ye without? said the Parson solemnly, by way of welcome; and addressed a Discourse to them," devout and yet human, true every word of it, enough to draw tears from any Fassmann that were there; Fassmann and we not far from weeping without words. After which the strangers were distributed, some into public-houses, others taken home by the citizens to lodge.
And our little Fritz in Berlin is a child in arms; and the world is all awake as usual, while Fassmann strolls through this noisy inanity of show-booths, in the year 1713.
Document SECOND is from poor old Fassmann, and quite of external nature; which we much abridge: "Monday evening, all creatures are in gala, and the Royal Apartments upstairs are brilliantly alight; Duke of Lorraine with the other high strangers are requested to take their place up there, and wait for a short while.
Gundling, driven to the exploding point, suddenly seizes his Dutch smoking-pan, of peat-charcoal ashes and red-hot sand; and dashes it in the face of Fassmann; who is of course dreadfully astonished thereby, and has got his very eyebrows burnt, not to speak of other injuries. Stand to him, Fassmann!
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