Awwww, Lehndorff <3 Yeah, okay, this whole episode is making a lot more sense -- I can see that they were both not in a headspace to enjoy that visit! As always your rendition of Lehndorff's thoughts about his rival are hilarious and also moving <3
he catches himself thinking more than once that while Fritz never did anything for and much against him, Lehndorff, personally, there was a greatness about those days which is gone now, and no offense, Ferdinand, but Heinrich is the last of the geniuses of those days, if diminished and gone to the west. (Okay, Lehndorff does not quote Tolkien, but you get the idea.)
This is fascinating, and I guess not that far off the truth, really.
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Date: 2020-06-09 05:01 am (UTC)he catches himself thinking more than once that while Fritz never did anything for and much against him, Lehndorff, personally, there was a greatness about those days which is gone now, and no offense, Ferdinand, but Heinrich is the last of the geniuses of those days, if diminished and gone to the west. (Okay, Lehndorff does not quote Tolkien, but you get the idea.)
This is fascinating, and I guess not that far off the truth, really.