Hey, selenak, guess what? Long ago, you listed "Apostolisches Rabenaas" as one of Fritz's insults toward MT. Well, "carogne apostolique", translated "apostolic hag" by the English memoir translator, is from Catt--memoirs, not diary.
That's not to say it's not used somewhere else, especially since it's Fritz talking about the Pompadour to MT letter he's just composed and listing the three main actors. I've never read it; I imagine there's a copy of it extant somewhere?
None of this is an excuse for MacDonogh, btw, who takes Catt's memoirs at face value.
Anyway, this is my list of MT mentions so far in Catt:
- carogne apostolique [not in diary]
- On this occasion, he drew me a very fine portrait of the Queen-Empress, of her abilities, her courage, her beneficence, her generosity and her spotless virtue. "She is my enemy, it is true. She does me a great deal of harm; but I must do her the justice she deserves. Princesses like her are seldom seen." [Don't remember it from diary, doesn't mean it's not there in some form.]
- "The Queen's and my obstinacy make many people unhappy" [In diary.]
- "In spite of all the harm she has done me [!!!], I must acknowledge that this princess is very respectable on the score of her morals, which are pure. There are very few women who are her equals in this respect. Most of them are strumpets, and the queen abhors strumpets, whom she is very careful to have shut up in prison, especially when she suspects them of being after her beloved spouse. She is very industrious, and has abilities in more than one direction. I cannot deny her this justice." [Diary version: "It must be admitted that the Queen of Hungary has talents, that she is capable, that she applies herself; we cannot refuse her this justice."]
I'm starting to think the most important thing you can do as a Fritz researcher is go through Catt's memoirs and figure out everything that isn't supported by external evidence, so you can throw it out, or at least heavily qualify it with "lying liar who lies."
Catt on MT
That's not to say it's not used somewhere else, especially since it's Fritz talking about the Pompadour to MT letter he's just composed and listing the three main actors. I've never read it; I imagine there's a copy of it extant somewhere?
None of this is an excuse for MacDonogh, btw, who takes Catt's memoirs at face value.
Anyway, this is my list of MT mentions so far in Catt:
- carogne apostolique [not in diary]
- On this occasion, he drew me a very fine portrait of the Queen-Empress, of her abilities, her courage, her beneficence, her generosity and her spotless virtue. "She is my enemy, it is true. She does me a great deal of harm; but I must do her the justice she deserves. Princesses like her are seldom seen." [Don't remember it from diary, doesn't mean it's not there in some form.]
- "The Queen's and my obstinacy make many people unhappy" [In diary.]
- "In spite of all the harm she has done me [!!!], I must acknowledge that this princess is very respectable on the score of her morals, which are pure. There are very few women who are her equals in this respect. Most of them are strumpets, and the queen abhors strumpets, whom she is very careful to have shut up in prison, especially when she suspects them of being after her beloved spouse. She is very industrious, and has abilities in more than one direction. I cannot deny her this justice." [Diary version: "It must be admitted that the Queen of Hungary has talents, that she is capable, that she applies herself; we cannot refuse her this justice."]
I'm starting to think the most important thing you can do as a Fritz researcher is go through Catt's memoirs and figure out everything that isn't supported by external evidence, so you can throw it out, or at least heavily qualify it with "lying liar who lies."