Frederick the Great discussion post 9
Jan. 13th, 2020 09:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cahn...I leave you guys alone for one weekend and it's time for a new Fritz post, lol!
I'm gonna reply to the previous post comments but I guess new letter-reading, etc. should go in this one :)
Frederick the Great links
I'm gonna reply to the previous post comments but I guess new letter-reading, etc. should go in this one :)
Frederick the Great links
Re: Brotherly Conduct III: The Aftermath
Date: 2020-01-16 04:16 pm (UTC)This makes lots of sense. She also possibly said some things that Heinrich was able to quote to Fritz during the meeting that made Fritz more well-disposed toward Heinrich (regardless of whether it made Heinrich even 0.00000001% more well-disposed toward Fritz).
Frustratingly, I don't know who "Jean-Farine" is supposed to be - Google thinks it might be an allusion to a French children's song, but the only texts I get are about other Songs.
French wiki says:
"He's a Jean-Farine."
He's a fool, a simpleton. This popular term came from floured farces, where the actor who played the character of a fool had the face dusted with flour and the name of Jean-Farine. This is what we have since called the Gilles or the Pierrot.
"Farine," of course, means flour. That seems entirely consistent with Fritz saying brother-in-law Jean-Farine will provide comedy.
Earning my keep as royal librarian with google skills!
Re: Brotherly Conduct III: The Aftermath
Date: 2020-01-16 04:51 pm (UTC)Re: Brotherly Conduct III: The Aftermath
Date: 2020-01-16 05:42 pm (UTC)(I mean, he's solidly suspiciously neutral in his letters to Wilhelmine, other than - during the time she travels in France - advising her to not mind if her butterly visits other flowers because that is the nature of a butterfly. But yeah. When has Fritz ever liked the s.o. of someone he cares about who is supposed to love him first and foremost?)