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Methinks whatever is true of Caroline, I wouldn't be surprised if Hervey did come to see her as a replacement mother and that this provided him with additoinal ire fuel against Fritz of Wales.

*nods* That makes sense.

(Cumberland he couldn't rationally object to since he hadn't done anything at that point when Hervey writes, so he just edits him out as much as he can.)

Hee! Yeah, that makes sense too.

But, right, also given the circumstances I can see G2 and Caroline not really having parental feelings for Fritz of Wales, and not really seeing him as a kid of theirs, so any insults, etc. maybe didn't really register to them as all that bad (and then, as you pointed out earlier, there's the part where Caroline didn't exactly have good role models to begin with).

I also rolled my eyes at Hervey none too subtly complaining he'd had to play the perfect courtier for G2 despite being worn out and exhausted from attending Caroline, yet otoh writing the story to demonstrate Emily's "falseness" towards her father.

Ha! I didn't quite get there (I mostly just thought she had a point, lol) so I'm glad you pointed that out :)