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: 2025-01-14 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.