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  KING。\"\'Youaremistaken,theHighChurchofMagdeburg。\'

  ICH。\"\'YourMajesty\'sgraciouspardon,theHighChurchofBerlin。\'

  KING。\"\'Butitisnotso;theHighChurchofBerlinhasnotenants!\'

  ICH。\"\'YourMajesty\'sgraciouspardon,theHighChurchofBerlinhasthreetenantsinthevillageKarveseninmyownAMT。\'

  KING。\"\'Youmistake,itistheHighChurchofMagdeburg。\'

  ICH。\"\'YourMajesty,ImustbeabadBeamte,ifIdidnotknowwhattenantsandwhatlordshipsthereareinmyownAMT。\'

  KING。\"\'Ja,thenyouareintheright!Tellmenow:hereontherighttheremustbeanestate,Ican\'tthinkofthename;namemetheestatesthatliehereontheright。\'

  ICH。\"\'Buschow,Rodenslieben,Sommerfeld,Beetz,Karbe。\'

  KING。\"\'That\'sit,Karbe!Towhombelongsthat?\'

  ICH。\"\'ToHerrvonKnesebeck。\'

  KING。\"\'Washeintheservice?\'

  ICH。\"\'Yes,LieutenantorEnsignintheGuards。\'

  KING。\"\'IntheGuards?[COUNTINGONHISFINGERS。]Youareright:

  hewasLieutenantintheGuards。IamverygladtheEstateisstillinthehandsoftheKnesebecks。Na,tellmethough,theroadthatmountsupheregoestoRuppin,andheretotheleftisthegrandroadforHamburg?\'

  ICH。\"\'Ja,yourMajesty。\'

  KING。\"\'DoyouknowhowlongitissinceIwasherelast?\'

  ICH。\"\'No。\'

  KING。\"\'Itisthreeandfortyyears。CannotIseeRuppinsomewherehere?\'

  ICH。\"\'Yes,yourMajesty:thesteeplerisingthereoverthefirs,thatisRuppin。\'

  KING(leaningoutofthecarriagewithhisprospectglass)。

  \"\'Ja,ja,thatisit,Iknowityet。CanIseeDrammitzhereabouts?\'

  ICH。\"\'No,yourMajesty:Drammitzliestoofartotheleft,closeonKiritz。\'

  KING。\"\'Sha\'n\'tweseeit,whenwecomecloser?\'

  ICH。\"\'Maybe,aboutNeustadt;butIamnotsure。\'

  KING。\"\'Pity,that。CanIseePechlin?\'

  ICH。\"\'Notjustnow,yourMajesty;itliestoomuchinthehollow。

  WhoknowswhetheryourMajestywillseeitatall!\'

  KING。\"\'Na,keepaneye;andifyouseeit,tellme。WhereistheBeamteofAltRuppin?\'

  ICH。\"\'InProtzen,wherewechangehorses,hewillbe。\'

  KING。\"\'Can\'tweyetseePechlin?\'

  ICH。\"\'No,yourMajesty。\'

  KING。\"\'Towhombelongsitnow?\'

  ICH。\"\'ToacertainSchonermark。\'

  KING。\"\'IsheoftheNobility?\'

  ICH。\"\'No。\'

  KING。\"\'Whohaditbeforehim?\'

  ICH。\"\'TheCourier(FELDJAGER)Ahrens;hegotitbyinheritancefromhisfather。Thepropertyhasalwaysbeenincommoners\'

  (BURGERLICHEN)hands。

  KING。\"\'ThatIamawareof。Howcallwethevillageherebeforeus?\'

  ICH。\"\'Walcho。\'

  KING。\"\'Towhombelongsit?\'

  ICH。\"\'Toyou,yourMajesty,undertheAmtAltRuppin。\'

  KING。\"\'Whatisthevillageherebeforeus?\'

  ICH。\"\'Protzen。\'

  KING。\"\'Whoseisit?\'

  ICH。\"\'HerrvonKleist\'s。\'

  KING。\"\'WhatKleististhat?\'

  ICH。\"\'AsonofGeneralKleist\'s。\'

  KING。\"\'OfwhatGeneralKleist\'s。\'

  ICH。\"\'HisbrotherwasFLUGELADJUTANT[WINGadjutant,whateverthatmaybe]withyourMajesty;andisnowatMagdeburg,Lieutenant

  ColonelintheRegimentKalkstein。\'

  KING。\"\'Ha,ha,thatone!IknowtheKleistsverywell。HasthisKleistbeenintheservicetoo?\'

  ICH。\"\'Yea,yourMajesty;hewasensignintheregimentPrinzFerdinand。\'

  KING。\"\'Whydidthemanseekhisdischarge?\'

  ICH。\"\'ThatIdonotknow。\'

  KING。\"\'Youmaytellme,Ihavenoviewinasking:whydidthemantakehisdischarge?\'

  ICH。\"\'YourMajesty,Ireallycannotsay。\'

  \"WehadnowgotontoProtzen。IperceivedoldGeneralvanZiethenstandingbeforetheManorhouseinProtzen,\"ruggedbraveoldsoul;withhishangingbrows,andstrangedimfierypiousoldthoughts!\"Irodeforwardtothecarriageandsaid:

  ICH。\"\'YourMajesty,theHerrGeneralvonZiethenis[are,SIND]

  alsohere。\'

  KING。\"\'Where?where?Oh,rideforward,andtellthepeopletodrawup;theymusthalt,I\'llgetout。\'

  \"AndnowhisMajestygotout;andwasexceedinglydelightedatthesightofHerrGeneralvonZiethen;talkedwithhimandHerrvonKleistofmanythings:WhetherthedrainingoftheLuchhaddonehimgood;Whetherthemurrainhadbeenthereamongtheircattle?

  andrecommendedrocksaltagainstthemurrain。SuddenlyhisMajestysteptaside,turnedtowardsme,andcalled:\'Amtmann![THENCLOSE

  INTOMYEAR]Whoisthefatmantherewiththewhitecoat?\'

  ICH(ALSOCLOSEINTOHISMAJESTY\'SEAR)。\"\'YourMajesty,thatistheLandrathQuast,oftheRuppinCircle。\'

  KING。\"\'Verywell。\'

  \"NowhisMajestywentbacktoGeneralvonZiethenandHerrvonKleist,andspokeofdifferentthings。HerrvonKleistpresentedsomeveryfinefruittohisMajesty;allatoncehisMajestyturnedround,andsaid:\'Serviteur,HerrLandrath!\'AstheLandrath[\"fatmantherewiththewhitecoat\"]wassteppingtowardshisMajesty,saidhisMajesty:\'Stayhetherewhereheis;Iknowhim。HeistheLandrathvonQuast!\'[\"Verygoodindeed,oldVaterFritz;lethimstandthereinhiswhitecoat,afat,sufficientlyhonoredman!

  Chodowieckihasanengravingofthisincident;IsawITattheBritishMuseumonce,wheretheyhaveonlysevenothersonFriedrichaltogether,allinonepoorGOTHAALMANAC;verysmall,verycoarse,butverygood:thisQuast(Anglice\'Tassel\')wasoneofthem\"

  (MARGINALEOF1862)。]

  \"Theyhadnowyokedthehorses。HisMajestytookaverytenderleaveofoldGeneralvonZiethen,wavedanadieutothoseabout,anddroveon。AlthoughhisMajestyatProtzenwouldnottakeanyfruit,yetwhenoncewewereoutofthevillage,hisMajestytookaluncheonfromthecarriagepocketforhimselfandtheHerrGeneralGrafvonGortz,and,allalong,duringthedrive,ateapricots(IMMERPFIRSCHE)。

  Atstarting,hisMajestyhadfanciedIwastostophere,andcalledoutofthecarriage:\'Amtmann,comealongwithus!\'

  KING。\"\'WhereistheBeamteofAltRuppin?\'

  ICH。\"\'Apparentlyhemustbeunwell;otherwisehewouldhavebeeninProtzenatthechangeofhorsesthere\'[\"attheVORSPANN:\"Yes;

  andManorhouse,EDELHOF,whereoldZiethenwaited,waslowerdownthestreet,andSOONERthanthePosthouse?]

  KING。\"\'Na,tellmenow,don\'tyoureallyknowwhythatKleistatProtzentookhisdischarge?\'[VOILA!]

  ICH。\"\'No,yourMajesty,Ireallydonot。\'

  KING。\"\'Whatvillageisthisbeforeus?\'

  ICH。\"\'Manker。\'

  KING。\"\'Andwhose?\'

  ICH。\"\'Yours,yourMajesty,intheAMTAltRuppin。\'

  KING(lookingroundontheharvestfields)。\"\'Hereyou,now:

  howareyoucontentwiththeharvest?\'

  ICH。\"\'Verywell,yourMajesty。\'

  KING。\"\'Verywell?Andtometheysaid,Veryill!\'

  ICH。\"\'YourMajesty,thewintercropwassomewhatfrostnipt;

  butthesummercropinreturnissoabundantitwillrichlymakeupforthewintercrop。\'HisMajestynowlookedrounduponthefields,shockstandinguponshock。

  KING。\"\'Itisagoodharvest,youareright;shockstandsclosebyshockhere!\'

  ICH。\"\'Yes,yourMajesty;andthepeopleheremakeSTEIGS(mounts)

  ofthemtoo。\'

  KING。\"\'Steigs,whatisthat?\'

  ICH。\"\'Thatis20sheavespiledalltogether。\'

  KING。\"\'Oh,itisindisputablyagoodharvest。Buttellme,though,whydidKleistofProtzentakehisdischarge?\'

  ICH。\"\'YourMajesty,Idonotknow。Isupposehewasobligedtotakehisfather\'sestatesinhand:noothercausedoIknowof。\'

  KING。\"\'What\'sthenameofthisvillagewearecomingto?\'

  ICH。\"\'Garz。\'

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