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The Roucoulles Soirees, gone all to dim backram for us, though once so lively in their high periwigs and speculations, fall on Wednesday. When the Finkenstein or the others fall, no doubt his Royal Highness knows it. In the TABAKS-COLLEGIUM, there also, driven by duty, he sometimes appears; but, like Seckendorf and some others, he only affects to smoke, and his pipe is mere white clay.
And the Crown Prince can play the flute for it, since he has learned that art behind my back. And the ladies and gentlemen of the Court are to act in it? Surely. Give every one of them something to say, only not me. But Grumbkow must act in it. Yes, Grumbkow must be in it and the ladies Viereck and Sonnsfeld and Seckendorf and Must it be in English or in French? Neither.
"Poor Kaiser Karl had left Augsburg June 26th, while his Broglio was ferrying at Donauworth, and his Seckendorf treatying for Armistice at Nieder-Schonfeld, the very day before Dettingen. What a piece of news to him, that Dettingen, on his return to Frankfurt!
Friday morning, this incident fell out, notable and somewhat contemptible: Seckendorf, who is of the retinue, following his bad trade, visits his Majesty who is still in bed: "Pardon, your Majesty: what shall I say for excuse? Here is a Letter just come from Vienna; in Prince Eugene's hand; Prince Eugene, or a Higher, will say something, while it is still time!"
Prince of Hildburghausen a general of small merit, though he has risen in the Austrian service, and we have seen him with Seckendorf in old Turk times has, for his Kaiser's sake, taken the command; sensible perhaps that glory is not likely to be rife here; but willing to make himself useful.
One day, riding through some village, Priort some say his Majesty calls it, some give another name, advocate Seckendorf, in the fervor of pleading and arguing, said some word, which went like a sudden flash of lightning through the dark places of his Majesty's mind, and never would go out of it again while he lived after.
Here is once more a high course of proceeding. Here is coal to raise smoke enough, if well blown upon, which, with Seckendorf and Grumkow working the bellows, we may well fancy it was! But listen to what follows, independently of bellows.
The KING stands to the left and lets the procession move past him toward the right of the room. Good evening, Your Majesty. Good evening, Grumbkow. Good evening, Your Majesty. Good evening, Seckendorf. Good evening, Your Majesty. Good evening, Schwerin. Does it taste good? Fine! Thanks, Your Majesty. Good evening, Your Majesty. Good evening, Wartensleben. Pipe draw well? Yes.
Much was evacuated, the Iser Valley, down partly to the Inn Valley, much was cleared, by Seckendorf in these happy circumstances. Who sees himself victorious, for once; and has his fame in the Gazettes, if it would last. Which settled, Broglio proceeded to the Saxon Court; who answered him: 'Provender? Alas, Monseigneur!
Wilhelmina had no knowledge of the magical machinery that was at work: she vaguely suspects Grumkow and Seckendorf; but does not guess, in the mad explosions of Papa, that two devils have got into Papa, and are doing the mischief.
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