Kalckreuth: I ended up a Field Marshal, Somerset ended up in prison and then while out of it, still disgraced! Also, I could have had Fritz and nobly chose Heinrich, while he had to marry the Howard girl, a marriage that was instrumental to his downfall. There is no comparison.
Somerset: I guess we're not mentioning your bonkers attempt to make a pass at Mina as a way to keep Heinrich when he was truly sick of you, then. I may have made mistakes, but my wife loved me so much that she never once attempted to blame me, on the contrary, she insisted on exonorating me during every interrogation. I don't see any of the unfortunate women you ended up marrying doing that for you, Kalckreuth.
Buckingham: It's a severe insult to my financial acumen to compare me to Kaphengst. Yes, I spent a lot of money, but I also found ever new avenues to generate it, and I made my entire family rich. Meanwhile, he pissed away all that Heinrich gave him and ended up broke.
Kaphengst: Yeah, well, I never was impeached or accused of having poisoned Heinrich, was I? I didn't get murdered, only to have my murder greeted by near universal cheer in the entire country! My having a good time only affected me. And okay, Heinrich and his art collection and his plans to visit Paris. But still! I object to this comparison!
Lehndorff: Speaking entirely without bias and objectively, I vote Kalckreuth and Kaphengst being the worst.
Re: David Bergeron: King James and Letters of Homoerotic Desire - I
Somerset: I guess we're not mentioning your bonkers attempt to make a pass at Mina as a way to keep Heinrich when he was truly sick of you, then. I may have made mistakes, but my wife loved me so much that she never once attempted to blame me, on the contrary, she insisted on exonorating me during every interrogation. I don't see any of the unfortunate women you ended up marrying doing that for you, Kalckreuth.
Buckingham: It's a severe insult to my financial acumen to compare me to Kaphengst. Yes, I spent a lot of money, but I also found ever new avenues to generate it, and I made my entire family rich. Meanwhile, he pissed away all that Heinrich gave him and ended up broke.
Kaphengst: Yeah, well, I never was impeached or accused of having poisoned Heinrich, was I? I didn't get murdered, only to have my murder greeted by near universal cheer in the entire country! My having a good time only affected me. And okay, Heinrich and his art collection and his plans to visit Paris. But still! I object to this comparison!
Lehndorff: Speaking entirely without bias and objectively, I vote Kalckreuth and Kaphengst being the worst.