Self: So what is the malicious gossip part of Wilhelmine's take on the relationship again?
Ha!
Sex. Just because he loved her and she loved him, there's no proof they ever had it. They were both married, after all.
I mean, this was my conclusion too :P (That it was Seydewitz's problem, I mean, not that they didn't have sex.) It sounds like Frau Blaspiel was pretty awesome, anyway :)
Also, of course, Fredersdorf.
Maybe, down-to-earth folk who FW can't tell are lying to him? :P
Seydewitz: Let me make here a style critique. Manteuffel's reports and letters are informative and contain good anecdotes, but the manly to the point brevity of a Suhm is beyond him, and he even admits in a letter he tends to ramble.
No! You are wrong! Rambling is good! Particularly rambling in a gossipy word-portrait kind of way, more of that please :D
He does this partly through altering his public persona somewhat - as mentioned earlier, he suddenly plays up his Pomeranian origins, and retunes his conversation to less culture, more jokes, and partly by becoming buddies with Grumbkow.
I do think that this is quite impressive on Manteuffel's part. (I don't think there's any chance I'd be able to do that kind of thing. Of course, there's a reason why I'm about as far away from an envoy career-wise as it's possible to be.)
Which is when I get my explanation as to where Wilhelmine got her story about a near FW assassination from. Not, as I guessed, from Mom, or not only; most likely, she got it from Dad. How so? Well, brace yourself. It's going to be wild ride...
Oh man, that WAS a wild ride! I have to go to sleep now, but I did read this and, wow.
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Re: Le Diable: The Political Biography - A
Date: 2021-03-13 06:29 am (UTC)Ha!
Sex. Just because he loved her and she loved him, there's no proof they ever had it. They were both married, after all.
I mean, this was my conclusion too :P (That it was Seydewitz's problem, I mean, not that they didn't have sex.) It sounds like Frau Blaspiel was pretty awesome, anyway :)
Also, of course, Fredersdorf.
Maybe, down-to-earth folk who FW can't tell are lying to him? :P
Seydewitz: Let me make here a style critique. Manteuffel's reports and letters are informative and contain good anecdotes, but the manly to the point brevity of a Suhm is beyond him, and he even admits in a letter he tends to ramble.
No! You are wrong! Rambling is good! Particularly rambling in a gossipy word-portrait kind of way, more of that please :D
He does this partly through altering his public persona somewhat - as mentioned earlier, he suddenly plays up his Pomeranian origins, and retunes his conversation to less culture, more jokes, and partly by becoming buddies with Grumbkow.
I do think that this is quite impressive on Manteuffel's part. (I don't think there's any chance I'd be able to do that kind of thing. Of course, there's a reason why I'm about as far away from an envoy career-wise as it's possible to be.)
Which is when I get my explanation as to where Wilhelmine got her story about a near FW assassination from. Not, as I guessed, from Mom, or not only; most likely, she got it from Dad. How so? Well, brace yourself. It's going to be wild ride...
Oh man, that WAS a wild ride! I have to go to sleep now, but I did read this and, wow.