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me or any other member of our intimate circle from the family 

 seat at Tegel, he usually dated his letter, "Castle of Boredom " 

 [Schloss Langweil]. This occurred chiefly in the letters he 

 wrote in the Hebrew character, in which I had given him and 

 his brother some instruction, and which, by the additional help 

 of other friends, they wrote very successfully. It was not to be 

 thought of, that a young nobleman should confess in letters 

 which could be read by everyone, that the society of Jewish 

 ladies was more entertaining to him than a visit to the mansion 

 of his ancestors.' 



