cahn | Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 42

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From:

mildred_of_midgard

zu baXiXX zü bringen

to bring on paper

By Jove, you're right! I can get the characters "bapihr" out of what I'm looking at, and that must be "Papier". I just ran into (a properly spelled) "Papier" in letter 5, and I had a brain flash and went back to look at what I had in my head as "bagpiper" (:P). And sure enough, not only is it reconcilable with "Papier," that's how you translated it. Your intuitions are working very well!

(You do see why I didn't venture to report "bapihr" with confidence, though, right? ;))

Spekaing of "Papier" in letter 5...good news for you all, bad news for me: the phrase "Glasows Papier" appears in letter 5, meaning I do in fact have to decipher that one, and it's 3 pages long. :P

(Letter 4 is not quite done, but I had a last-minute burst of energy, so got quite a bit further. Should be able to pass it off sometime tomorrow.)

From:

selenak

Papers: You know, at this point, what I'm most curious about is whether or not Glasow in addition to the embezzling did some spying for the Saxons. AW (still with Fritz at this point) says he did, but I want to know whether that means he made actual copies of Fritz' letters or stuff like this, or just that he met with the Countess Brühl (about to be kicked out of Saxony by Fritz, remember). For what it's worth, the AvB Brühl biography didn't mention Glasow at all, though of course it means the Countess getting kicked out, which is presented as the last in a long line of indignities (after Fritz had already taken her house(s) and so forth).

I'm still amused that Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria cast a paunchy middle aged guy as Glasow, when the one thing every one agrees upon is tha he was a sexy himbo and that this is why Fritz hired and promoted him in the first place.

Heinrich: In the light of later events, I'm restraining myself not to comment. At least Kaphengst would never have spied on me!

Fritz: There was nothing to spy on. And given that Reisewitz already embezzled your money when you were still in your 20s, you better not comment.

From:

mildred_of_midgard

You know, at this point, what I'm most curious about is whether or not Glasow in addition to the embezzling did some spying for the Saxons.

Sadly, I don't think Leining is going to tell us. It's just our luck that he promises Fredersdorf a complete account, and then doesn't have time to put it in writing and sends a messenger instead!!

Heinrich: In the light of later events, I'm restraining myself not to comment. At least Kaphengst would never have spied on me!

Fritz: There was nothing to spy on. And given that Reisewitz already embezzled your money when you were still in your 20s, you better not comment.

*dies*

From:

cahn

Heinrich: In the light of later events, I'm restraining myself not to comment. At least Kaphengst would never have spied on me!

Fritz: There was nothing to spy on. And given that Reisewitz already embezzled your money when you were still in your 20s, you better not comment.

HAHAHAHHA omg!