LOL, this is the 18th century male for you. Also, if Mom is angry at him and doesn't provide enough cash via banker, this could be either because Fritz is angry at her (never a good thing), or she really is as thrifty a per her reputation.
Anyway, I could see her thinking "we just got rid of FW! this could have been a great new start with the new King, and you just HAD to publish and piss him off!"
Also, if Mom is angry at him and doesn't provide enough cash via banker, this could be either because Fritz is angry at her (never a good thing), or she really is as thrifty a per her reputation.
Well, we know Fritz is angry, *and* we know she has 5 daughters to marry and was counting on Peter to be the breadwinner, and was planning on leaving Berlin (I always wondered if that wasn't a bluff--but now that I see how mad at her Fritz was, I don't think it would be a very effective bluff; it's not like he wants her to stay!) if Peter wasn't going to marry Oriane. So I think a certain amount of thriftiness plays into it too.
As noted in my other post, she can't win, no matter what she does.
Anyway, I could see her thinking "we just got rid of FW! this could have been a great new start with the new King, and you just HAD to publish and piss him off!"
I doubt he published; the battle was in mid-April, he was arrested in mid-June, and he was with the army the whole time. I think he circulated it among friends and fellow officers, and it came to the attention of someone who *did* want to get off to a great new start with the new king.
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Re: A Knyphausen Vagabond - Part 1
Date: 2025-01-13 05:11 pm (UTC)Anyway, I could see her thinking "we just got rid of FW! this could have been a great new start with the new King, and you just HAD to publish and piss him off!"
Re: A Knyphausen Vagabond - Part 1
Date: 2025-01-14 12:12 pm (UTC)Well, we know Fritz is angry, *and* we know she has 5 daughters to marry and was counting on Peter to be the breadwinner, and was planning on leaving Berlin (I always wondered if that wasn't a bluff--but now that I see how mad at her Fritz was, I don't think it would be a very effective bluff; it's not like he wants her to stay!) if Peter wasn't going to marry Oriane. So I think a certain amount of thriftiness plays into it too.
As noted in my other post, she can't win, no matter what she does.
Anyway, I could see her thinking "we just got rid of FW! this could have been a great new start with the new King, and you just HAD to publish and piss him off!"
I doubt he published; the battle was in mid-April, he was arrested in mid-June, and he was with the army the whole time. I think he circulated it among friends and fellow officers, and it came to the attention of someone who *did* want to get off to a great new start with the new king.