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He
poisons
the
mind
of
the
Court
against
the
English
minister
,
represents
the
conduct
of
Great
Britain
in
the
most
odious
and
atrocious
light
,
and
is
unhappily
backed
by
a
minister
whose
ignorance
and
necessities
are
as
notorious
as
his
influence
is
fatal
.
"
On
their
side
they
would
say
,
"
M.
de
Tapeworm
continues
his
system
of
stupid
insular
arrogance
and
vulgar
falsehood
against
the
greatest
nation
in
the
world
.
Yesterday
he
was
heard
to
speak
lightly
of
Her
Royal
Highness
Madame
the
Duchess
of
Berri
;
on
a
former
occasion
he
insulted
the
heroic
Duke
of
Angouleme
and
dared
to
insinuate
that
H.R.H.
the
Duke
of
Orleans
was
conspiring
against
the
august
throne
of
the
lilies
.
His
gold
is
prodigated
in
every
direction
which
his
stupid
menaces
fail
to
frighten
.
By
one
and
the
other
,
he
has
won
over
creatures
of
the
Court
here
--
and
,
in
fine
,
Pumpernickel
will
not
be
quiet
,
Germany
tranquil
,
France
respected
,
or
Europe
content
until
this
poisonous
viper
be
crushed
under
heel
"
:
and
so
on
.
When
one
side
or
the
other
had
written
any
particularly
spicy
dispatch
,
news
of
it
was
sure
to
slip
out
.
Before
the
winter
was
far
advanced
,
it
is
actually
on
record
that
Emmy
took
a
night
and
received
company
with
great
propriety
and
modesty
.
She
had
a
French
master
,
who
complimented
her
upon
the
purity
of
her
accent
and
her
facility
of
learning
;
the
fact
is
she
had
learned
long
ago
and
grounded
herself
subsequently
in
the
grammar
so
as
to
be
able
to
teach
it
to
George
;
and
Madam
Strumpff
came
to
give
her
lessons
in
singing
,
which
she
performed
so
well
and
with
such
a
true
voice
that
the
Major
's
windows
,
who
had
lodgings
opposite
under
the
Prime
Minister
,
were
always
open
to
hear
the
lesson
.
Some
of
the
German
ladies
,
who
are
very
sentimental
and
simple
in
their
tastes
,
fell
in
love
with
her
and
began
to
call
her
du
at
once
.
These
are
trivial
details
,
but
they
relate
to
happy
times
.
The
Major
made
himself
George
's
tutor
and
read
Caesar
and
mathematics
with
him
,
and
they
had
a
German
master
and
rode
out
of
evenings
by
the
side
of
Emmy
's
carriage
--
she
was
always
too
timid
,
and
made
a
dreadful
outcry
at
the
slightest
disturbance
on
horse-back
.
So
she
drove
about
with
one
of
her
dear
German
friends
,
and
Jos
asleep
on
the
back-seat
of
the
barouche
.
He
was
becoming
very
sweet
upon
the
Grafinn
Fanny
de
Butterbrod
,
a
very
gentle
tender-hearted
and
unassuming
young
creature
,
a
Canoness
and
Countess
in
her
own
right
,
but
with
scarcely
ten
pounds
per
year
to
her
fortune
,
and
Fanny
for
her
part
declared
that
to
be
Amelia
's
sister
was
the
greatest
delight
that
Heaven
could
bestow
on
her
,
and
Jos
might
have
put
a
Countess
's
shield
and
coronet
by
the
side
of
his
own
arms
on
his
carriage
and
forks
;
when
--
when
events
occurred
,
and
those
grand
fetes
given
upon
the
marriage
of
the
Hereditary
Prince
of
Pumpernickel
with
the
lovely
Princess
Amelia
of
Humbourg-Schlippenschloppen
took
place
.
At
this
festival
the
magnificence
displayed
was
such
as
had
not
been
known
in
the
little
German
place
since
the
days
of
the
prodigal
Victor
XIV
.
All
the
neighbouring
Princes
,
Princesses
,
and
Grandees
were
invited
to
the
feast
.
Beds
rose
to
half
a
crown
per
night
in
Pumpernickel
,
and
the
Army
was
exhausted
in
providing
guards
of
honour
for
the
Highnesses
,
Serenities
,
and
Excellencies
who
arrived
from
all
quarters
.
The
Princess
was
married
by
proxy
,
at
her
father
's
residence
,
by
the
Count
de
Schlusselback
.
Snuff-boxes
were
given
away
in
profusion
(
as
we
learned
from
the
Court
jeweller
,
who
sold
and
afterwards
bought
them
again
)
,
and
bushels
of
the
Order
of
Saint
Michael
of
Pumpernickel
were
sent
to
the
nobles
of
the
Court
,
while
hampers
of
the
cordons
and
decorations
of
the
Wheel
of
St.
Catherine
of
Schlippenschloppen
were
brought
to
ours
.
The
French
envoy
got
both
.
"
He
is
covered
with
ribbons
like
a
prize
cart-horse
,
"
Tapeworm
said
,
who
was
not
allowed
by
the
rules
of
his
service
to
take
any
decorations
:
"
Let
him
have
the
cordons
;
but
with
whom
is
the
victory
?
"
The
fact
is
,
it
was
a
triumph
of
British
diplomacy
,
the
French
party
having
proposed
and
tried
their
utmost
to
carry
a
marriage
with
a
Princess
of
the
House
of
Potztausend-Donnerwetter
,
whom
,
as
a
matter
of
course
,
we
opposed
.
Everybody
was
asked
to
the
fetes
of
the
marriage
.
Garlands
and
triumphal
arches
were
hung
across
the
road
to
welcome
the
young
bride
.
The
great
Saint
Michael
's
Fountain
ran
with
uncommonly
sour
wine
,
while
that
in
the
Artillery
Place
frothed
with
beer
.
The
great
waters
played
;
and
poles
were
put
up
in
the
park
and
gardens
for
the
happy
peasantry
,
which
they
might
climb
at
their
leisure
,
carrying
off
watches
,
silver
forks
,
prize
sausages
hung
with
pink
ribbon
,
&
c.
,
at
the
top
.
Georgy
got
one
,
wrenching
it
off
,
having
swarmed
up
the
pole
to
the
delight
of
the
spectators
,
and
sliding
down
with
the
rapidity
of
a
fall
of
water
.
But
it
was
for
the
glory
's
sake
merely
.
The
boy
gave
the
sausage
to
a
peasant
,
who
had
very
nearly
seized
it
,
and
stood
at
the
foot
of
the
mast
,
blubbering
,
because
he
was
unsuccessful
.
At
the
French
Chancellerie
they
had
six
more
lampions
in
their
illumination
than
ours
had
;
but
our
transparency
,
which
represented
the
young
Couple
advancing
and
Discord
flying
away
,
with
the
most
ludicrous
likeness
to
the
French
Ambassador
,
beat
the
French
picture
hollow
;
and
I
have
no
doubt
got
Tapeworm
the
advancement
and
the
Cross
of
the
Bath
which
he
subsequently
attained
.
Crowds
of
foreigners
arrived
for
the
fetes
,
and
of
English
,
of
course
.
Besides
the
Court
balls
,
public
balls
were
given
at
the
Town
Hall
and
the
Redoute
,
and
in
the
former
place
there
was
a
room
for
trente-et-quarante
and
roulette
established
,
for
the
week
of
the
festivities
only
,
and
by
one
of
the
great
German
companies
from
Ems
or
Aix-la-Chapelle
.
The
officers
or
inhabitants
of
the
town
were
not
allowed
to
play
at
these
games
,
but
strangers
,
peasants
,
ladies
were
admitted
,
and
any
one
who
chose
to
lose
or
win
money
.
That
little
scapegrace
Georgy
Osborne
amongst
others
,
whose
pockets
were
always
full
of
dollars
and
whose
relations
were
away
at
the
grand
festival
of
the
Court
,
came
to
the
Stadthaus
Ball
in
company
of
his
uncle
's
courier
,
Mr.
Kirsch
,
and
having
only
peeped
into
a
play-room
at
Baden-Baden
when
he
hung
on
Dobbin
's
arm
,
and
where
,
of
course
,
he
was
not
permitted
to
gamble
,
came
eagerly
to
this
part
of
the
entertainment
and
hankered
round
the
tables
where
the
croupiers
and
the
punters
were
at
work
.
Women
were
playing
;
they
were
masked
,
some
of
them
;
this
license
was
allowed
in
these
wild
times
of
carnival
.
