But The Officers Of The Royal Guard Went So
Far As To Draw Up A Petition To The King, Requesting Him To Dismiss All The
Officers Of The Corps Who Were Not Noble, And Blucher Was Applied To To
Present This Petition To The King.
Blucher read the paper and ordered all
the officers to assemble on the parade and thus addressed them:
"Gentlemen,
I have received your paper and read its contents with the utmost
astonishment. All the remarks that I shall permit myself to make on the
subject of this petition, are, that it makes me ashamed of being myself a
noble." He then tore the petition in pieces and dismissed them.
I have been once at the theatre. Lodoiska was performed. I saw a number
of fine women in the boxes. Formerly gallantry and pleasure were the order
of the day at Berlin; but now, the Court assuming the exterior of rigid
morality and strictly exercised religious devotion, mystic cant and
dullness is the order of the day. The death of the Queen of Prussia threw a
great damp over the amusements of the Court. At Charlottenburg, which is a
short distance from Berlin, in the grounds there, they point out to you her
favourite spots. She was a most amiable Princess, and united to great
personal beauty so much grace and fascination and so many good qualities
that she was beloved by all, and the breath of calumny never ventured to
assail her.
The alley Unter den Linden in the evening presents a great assemblage of
Cyprian nymphs, who promenade up and down; they dress well and are
perfectly well behaved.
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