Oh, right, I'd forgotten he'd mentioned Jägerhof in connection with Frau von Keith! But yes, that was part of the reason I originally decided it was the same woman.
Had totally missed the part about the two sons, though. Not a childless marriage, then. Congrats, Peter! Also, it's good that he got to send his kids off to university, where I assume he wanted to go but did not get to.
are most likely than not at least indirectly from the horse's mouth. Including the impression in vol.1 that "the more mature way of his majesty's thinking could only condemn the services that had been rendered to him in his youthful folly, and thus Herr von Keith did not find the reward that would have been appropriate for the ten years of fears and plagues".
Horse's mouth meaning Peter, or Fritz? Because to me, it makes perfect sense for this to be one of Peter's explanations for why Fritz was neglecting him (I have whole theories about how Peter was desperately trying to come up with explanations for why Fritz was acting like this, and assuming the worst), but I have a hard time seeing Fritz actually having this convo with Peter, nor does it strike me as the most likely reason for Fritz's behavior.
Thanks so much for figuring out the kids! You and Lehndorff deliver, as always.
One more question: when Lehndorff says Peter had acquired English manners due to his long stay in England, do you have a sense of what that would mean in practice?
Re: Peter Keith - aha!
Had totally missed the part about the two sons, though. Not a childless marriage, then. Congrats, Peter! Also, it's good that he got to send his kids off to university, where I assume he wanted to go but did not get to.
are most likely than not at least indirectly from the horse's mouth. Including the impression in vol.1 that "the more mature way of his majesty's thinking could only condemn the services that had been rendered to him in his youthful folly, and thus Herr von Keith did not find the reward that would have been appropriate for the ten years of fears and plagues".
Horse's mouth meaning Peter, or Fritz? Because to me, it makes perfect sense for this to be one of Peter's explanations for why Fritz was neglecting him (I have whole theories about how Peter was desperately trying to come up with explanations for why Fritz was acting like this, and assuming the worst), but I have a hard time seeing Fritz actually having this convo with Peter, nor does it strike me as the most likely reason for Fritz's behavior.
Thanks so much for figuring out the kids! You and Lehndorff deliver, as always.
One more question: when Lehndorff says Peter had acquired English manners due to his long stay in England, do you have a sense of what that would mean in practice?