Identifier: memoriesofkaiser00toph (find matches)
Title: Memories of the Kaiser's court
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Topham, Anne, 1864-1927
Subjects: William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941 Germany -- Court and courtiers
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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o their right perspective, where differencesof opinion may be conceded, and where absoluteright and wrong begin to disappear. In her voicewas a new tone. Hurrah ! she shouted, with a distinct accentof revolt. There! You see, Herr Schmidt,there are other people who cant bear grammar.Hurrah ! Ive heard the truth about grammarat last ! And it being the end of the lesson, the bell ofrelease ringing at the moment a hearty peal, asthough in derision of grammar, she danced a sortof Indian war-dance in exultation at its dis-comfiture in front of her tutor, took me bythe hand, and dragged me away, leaving HerrSchmidt, who, to do him justice, was a man beforehe was a pedagogue, convulsed with good-naturedlaughter. The Princess was not at all a docile or an in-dustrious child ; her work was careless, owing chieflyto the usual breathless rapidity with which shedid everything. Her spelling was phonetic, andshe was indignant at English irregularities inthis respect. Still she was ambitious and fond
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a x H H< a< a! a - u < X CM ? a a Oh s ao 2O a THE NEW PALACE 57 of approval, especially from her brother PrinceOscar. The Crown Prince and Prince Fritz were, at thetime of which I write, in Bonn studying at theUniversity, Prince Adalbert at Kiel or roamingabout the world on a warship, as he had chosenthe navy for a profession ; and the next twobrothers, Princes August-Wilhelm and Oscar,together in Ploen, where they lived in a pleasantcountry house with their governor and variousteachers, and enjoyed the companionship of theyoung cadets of the aristocratic school—the Etonof Germany—which is close at hand. Morning lessons end at twelve oclock, and thenthere is a short walk until it is time to dress forthe one-oclock Friihstiicks-tafel, which is usuallyeaten in the company of the Emperor and Empressand the ladies and gentlemen of the suite. We dine in the Apollo Saal, a wonderful roomdecorated with painted panels which rouse theindignation of the Ober-Gouvernante, who objec

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