. She obviously doesn't remember for sure that they called Suhm Diablotin, and *everyone* has a devil nickname for Manteuffel, for obvious reasons.
On the other hand! Maybe Manteuffel was Diable, and his very short successor was Diablotin. That actually makes sense.
It does, and it's entirely possible that this was an early Suhm nickname before everyone got to know him better, and then Fritz named him Diaphenes for the reasons your beautiful story provides.
Lady Darlington aka Sophia von Kielmannsegg: speaking of putting the pieces together, her mother was the same Countess Platen wo played a role in bringing the Sophia Dorotha the older/Count Königsmarck affair out in the open and thus getting SD locked up for life and Königsmarck killed. No wonder SD was wary.
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Date: 2020-09-15 04:19 pm (UTC)On the other hand! Maybe Manteuffel was Diable, and his very short successor was Diablotin. That actually makes sense.
It does, and it's entirely possible that this was an early Suhm nickname before everyone got to know him better, and then Fritz named him Diaphenes for the reasons your beautiful story provides.
Lady Darlington aka Sophia von Kielmannsegg: speaking of putting the pieces together, her mother was the same Countess Platen wo played a role in bringing the Sophia Dorotha the older/Count Königsmarck affair out in the open and thus getting SD locked up for life and Königsmarck killed. No wonder SD was wary.