Yeah, Schöning really was the closest thing to a nurse Fritz had during his last years it seems.
dressing him (?? - maybe once he was ill?)
Might also have been the general handling of Fritz' clothes? In the "several hours in pouring rain during the Silesia revue" passage, he is quite indignant, saying that, despite what some people write about the King's wardrobe, it's not like he had to sit at the table in wet clothes, there were more than enough clothes for him to get undressed and dressed again.
Neumann, apparantly feeling the need to defend Fritz from this, too, which tells you something about Neumann
Right? It's quite interesting what he feels the need to defend/nitpick. Also, no patience at all for literary exaggeration -
Zimmermann: driving up the hill towards Sanssouci, I prayed most fervently, probably nobody else ever prayed as fervently as I did on this hill. Neumann: Self-important bullshit, I'd say there were lots of invalids who prayed there way more devoutly than Zimmermann did.
(By the way, a look at the Schatullrechnungen tells me that Neumann, like Schöning, did apparently hand out money to poor people occasionally, and especially invalids in his case, so he does have a reason for saying this. Other recurring expenses in his list are Spanish tobacco for Fritz and postal charges.)
Oh, and Mildred: No, of course no mention of the dogs' fate.
Re: FIRST and SECOND Chamber Hussars
dressing him (?? - maybe once he was ill?)
Might also have been the general handling of Fritz' clothes? In the "several hours in pouring rain during the Silesia revue" passage, he is quite indignant, saying that, despite what some people write about the King's wardrobe, it's not like he had to sit at the table in wet clothes, there were more than enough clothes for him to get undressed and dressed again.
Neumann, apparantly feeling the need to defend Fritz from this, too, which tells you something about Neumann
Right? It's quite interesting what he feels the need to defend/nitpick. Also, no patience at all for literary exaggeration -
Zimmermann: driving up the hill towards Sanssouci, I prayed most fervently, probably nobody else ever prayed as fervently as I did on this hill.
Neumann: Self-important bullshit, I'd say there were lots of invalids who prayed there way more devoutly than Zimmermann did.
(By the way, a look at the Schatullrechnungen tells me that Neumann, like Schöning, did apparently hand out money to poor people occasionally, and especially invalids in his case, so he does have a reason for saying this. Other recurring expenses in his list are Spanish tobacco for Fritz and postal charges.)
Oh, and Mildred: No, of course no mention of the dogs' fate.