ThissurelyisaremarkableDialogue;farbeyondanyoftheGellertkind。AnabsoluteKingandCommander—in—Chief,andofsuchatypeinbothcharacters,gettingflatrefusalonceinhislife(thisonceonly,sofarasIknow),andhowhetakesit:——onewishesKuster,orsomebody,hadbeenabletogointomoredetails!——
DetailsontheQuintus—Iciliusprocedure,whichfollowednextday,wouldalsohavebeenratherwelcome,hadKusterseengood。Itiswellknown,QuintusIciliusandhisBattalion,onordernowgiven,wentcheerfully,nextday,inSaldern’sstead。AndsackedHubertsburgCastle,tothedueextentorfarther:100,000thalers(15,000pounds)weretoberaisedfromitfortheField—Hospitalbehoof;therestwastobeQuintus’sown;who,itwasthought,madeanexcellentthingofitforhimself。Andinhaulingoutthefurnitures,especiallyinsellingthem,Quintushavinganenterprisingsharpheadintradeaffairs,\"itiscertain,\"saysKuster,assayseverybody,\"variousSCHANDLICHKEITEN(scandals)
occurred,whichwerecontrarytotheKing’sintention,andwouldnothavehappenedunderSaldern。\"Whatthescandalsparticularlywere,isnotspecifiedtomeanywhere,thoughIhavesearchedupanddown;muchlessthenetamountofmoneyrealizedbyQuintus。
Iknowonly,poorQuintuswasbanteredaboutit,allhislifeafter,bythismercilessKing;andatPotsdam,inyearscoming,hadampletimeandadmonitionforwhatpenitencewasneedful。
\"ThecasewasmuchcanvassedintheArmy,\"sayspoorKuster;