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CHAPTER XXI 11. 



Going to Germany — In Anholt — My husband's debts — Different views — 

 Returning to my deserted home — Sympathisers — Pestered tr death — 

 A last appeal to a brother — A princely answer — What 1 . esolved to 

 do — Baron Edward Openheim— Going to Berlin — A priva' ondience 

 with his Majesty the Emperor — What happened i it — G'^nera' voi. 

 Treskow — My offer accepted — Audience with my gracious Empress — 

 Moving to the Augusta hospital — Noble nurses — Visit of Emperor 

 and Empress — A present from Her Majesty — Lost — Called home — 

 Moving to Bonn — Persecutions — A forged signature- -Law suit — My 

 health failing — In Luzern — Going tr Clarence — To Pisa — To Naples 

 —Eruption of Mount Vesuvius — I want lo see it very near — Jimmy's 

 distress — Pompeii. 



Escorted by my nephew, Prince Leopold, and accompanied 

 by Miss Runkel, Jimmy, and my pigeon, which I intended as 

 a present for my youngest niece, Princess Flaminia, m Anholt, 

 I left Amiens Before returning to my so long deserted, once 

 happy home in Coblentz, I had resolved to pay a visit to An- 

 holt, in order to consult with my brother-in-law in reference to 

 my future. My poor husband had in his letter recommended 

 me to Prince Alfred's care, and the latter had assured me re- 

 peatedly that he would assist me as a brother. 



AVhen the war broke out so suddenly, and we had to leave 

 Coblentz, it was impossible to make any arrangements. I was 

 afraid to return there unprepared, for I knew very well what I 

 should have to encounter. Necessity had compelled me to 

 renounce the heritage of my husband, and I did so under the 

 advice of my brother-in-law, as I was unable to pay all his 

 debts, of which the greater part were contracted before he 

 married me. 



There existed, however, debts which had been incurred 



