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"William Hartley an Englishman," was my prompt response. "I must, I regret, insist on your presence at the police-office," he said authoritatively. "Oh!" I cried, annoyed. "I suppose I must go through the same farce as at Zerbst last night." "You were at Zerbst you admit that?" asked the man in uniform. The instant those words left his lips I saw that I was trapped.
His critical observations, happily blending with the historical review, shed a revealing light upon this famous ruler and her reign. It is January, 1744, and the commandant of Stettin, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst zu Dornburg, is keeping New-Year festivities at his castle of Zerbst, when suddenly couriers from Berlin, couriers from St. Petersburg, throw everyone into wild commotion.
Count Zerbst had acquired a deep respect for the intelligence of the young friends of the princess; and he had learned from Mrs.
Then at the very moment at which on more fortunate days he was wont to sink heavily, with his mouth watering, into a large chair before a gloriously spread German table, he heard the sound of voices; and the chauffeur, Miss Lambart and Sir Maurice came out of the path to the knoll. They told the duke that they had neither seen nor heard anything of the princess, her hosts, or Count Zerbst.
This arrangement was carried out after the death of Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst in 1793, and Zerbst was divided between the three remaining princes. During these years the policy of the different princes was marked, perhaps intentionally, by considerable uniformity. Once or twice Calvinism was favoured by a prince, but in general the house was loyal to the doctrines of Luther.
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