Eternal devotion: "ewige Anhänglichkeit" in German, and who knows what in French. The thing is, I bet a great many guys in their early 20s swear something like that in the heat of passion, but Lehndorff is one of the few whom we know to have kept this vow for their remaining life.
except all of Heinrich's actual lovers
Marwitz: You try building altars to the King's younger brother when the King is looking over your shoulder the entire time. Go on. I dare you. Reisewitz: Look, I swear I did adore him. Okay, so I was the first to spend lots of his money in dubious ways, but look at all the gardening I did at Rheinsberg! Also, I offed myself when the debts grew too many. Because I was sorry. Lamberg: He dumped me for goddam Kalckreuth. That put an end to any altars right then and there. Kalckreuth: I could have had the King, I'm sure of it, and I picked Heinrich anyway. That was mighty generous of me. Also I was the true military genius. And I gave him an excuse to separate from Mina. What did I get? I mean, other than lots of presents and promotions through the war. I got dumped for Kaphengst! Of all the indignities. Kaphengst: I put a portrait of him on the wall of the nice country palace he bought me. Does that qualify? Mara: You don't get anywhere with this prince if you don't behave like a bastard towards him. #canon Tauentzien: I don't know about altars, but I did get him to watch contemporary theatre, starring his brother. Antoine de la Roche-Raymon: Heinrich was the best, and I adored him. Why Lehndorff wouldn't believe I did, I have no idea. #finalguy
Now I'm just imagining Lehndorff and Countess Bentinck having soulful conversations (both in letter and in person) about Heinrich and how beautiful and unattainable he is :D
Your imagination is closer to the reality as depicted in the relevant diary entries than Charlotte Pangels, based on those same diary entries, imagining Lehndorff as a yenta shipping Heinrich/Bentinck. Mind you, later when Lehndorff was in one of his "he loves me not/he's so cold towards me, I just know it's all over!" parts of the cycle, they also bitched about him together, until she took off to greener pastures since her efforts to get Fritz to support her politically had failed as well.
Re: Lehndorff
except all of Heinrich's actual loversMarwitz: You try building altars to the King's younger brother when the King is looking over your shoulder the entire time. Go on. I dare you.
Reisewitz: Look, I swear I did adore him. Okay, so I was the first to spend lots of his money in dubious ways, but look at all the gardening I did at Rheinsberg! Also, I offed myself when the debts grew too many. Because I was sorry.
Lamberg: He dumped me for goddam Kalckreuth. That put an end to any altars right then and there.
Kalckreuth: I could have had the King, I'm sure of it, and I picked Heinrich anyway. That was mighty generous of me. Also I was the true military genius. And I gave him an excuse to separate from Mina. What did I get? I mean, other than lots of presents and promotions through the war. I got dumped for Kaphengst! Of all the indignities.
Kaphengst: I put a portrait of him on the wall of the nice country palace he bought me. Does that qualify?
Mara: You don't get anywhere with this prince if you don't behave like a bastard towards him. #canon
Tauentzien: I don't know about altars, but I did get him to watch contemporary theatre, starring his brother.
Antoine de la Roche-Raymon: Heinrich was the best, and I adored him. Why Lehndorff wouldn't believe I did, I have no idea. #finalguy
Now I'm just imagining Lehndorff and Countess Bentinck having soulful conversations (both in letter and in person) about Heinrich and how beautiful and unattainable he is :D
Your imagination is closer to the reality as depicted in the relevant diary entries than Charlotte Pangels, based on those same diary entries, imagining Lehndorff as a yenta shipping Heinrich/Bentinck. Mind you, later when Lehndorff was in one of his "he loves me not/he's so cold towards me, I just know it's all over!" parts of the cycle, they also bitched about him together, until she took off to greener pastures since her efforts to get Fritz to support her politically had failed as well.