cahn: Ernst Ahasverus von Lehnsdorff, diarist extraordinaire (lehndorf)
cahn ([personal profile] cahn) wrote 2020-03-02 06:00 pm (UTC)

Re: The Lehndorff Report: 1776

As far as I’m concerned: I’m playing the amazed spectator, withdraw into a corner with the honored and highly esteemed Countess Camas and talk to her about a new book which has just been published under the title of „Candide“ and supposedly was written by Voltaire.

HAHAHAHAHA reading this after we had agreed Lehndorff would make a terrible diplomat was awesome. Lehndorff as a diplomat: would ignore the scandals and go in a corner to talk about books!

This, too, proves we don’t live in the best of all possible worlds!

Aww, Lehndorff! <3

I am thunderstruck and return home slowly, and tell myself that one has to approach the weaknesses of one’s parents with respect. Doubtlessly, she is angry because I socialize with the Wreech family despite them being in extreme disfavour with her because the Dönhoff mentioned her age the other day.

OMG. I mean, I know we're getting it from his perspective, but still, total respect to Lehndorff for being nice to his mom here. (I just really get the impression he was *nice*. I wonder how much of that was because he *couldn't* go in the army and so didn't get all the manliness stuff drummed into him. I mean, probably not all of his niceness is due to that! But maybe some of it?)

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