hed recreant
lovers--Henry was in debt and I gave him money--Indignities
by which some of that money was earned--Husband
accompanies me to Loschwitz--Reflections on
Frederick Augustus's character 239

CHAPTER XLVII

LOVE'S INTERMEZZO

Bernhardt takes advantage of my day-dreams--My husband's
indolent _gaucherie_--Violent love-making--Ninon who
loved families, not men--Does Bernhardt really love me? 245

CHAPTER XLVIII

GRAND MISTRESS TELLS HUSBAND I KEEP A DIARY

He wants to see it, but seems unsuspecting--Grand Mistress
denies that she meant mischief, but I upbraid her
unmercifully--Threaten to dismiss her like a thieving
lackey 251

CHAPTER XLIX

ARISTOCRATIC VISITORS

I hear disquieting news about my lover's character--The
aristocracy a dirty lot--Love-making made easy by titled
friends--Anecdotes of Richelieu and the Duke of Orleans--The
German nobleman who married Miss Wheeler and
had to resign his birthright--The disreputable business
the Pappenheims and other nobles used to be in--I am
afraid to question my lover as to charges 255

CHAPTER L

TO LIVE UNDER KING'S AND PRINCE GEORGE'S EYE

Abruptly ordered to the royal summer residence--The Vitzthums
and Henry take flight--Enmeshed by Prince
George's intrigues--Those waiting for a crown have no
friends--What I will do when Queen--No wonder Kings
of old married only relatives--Interesting facts about
relative marriages furnished by scientist 261

CHAPTER LI

COLD RECEPTION--ENEMIES ALL AROUND

Frederick Augustus gives his views on adultery--Doesn't
care personally, but "the King knows"--"Thank God,
the King is ill"--I am deprived of my children--Have
I got the moral strength to defy my enemies? 265

CHAPTER LII

PRINCE GEORGE REVEALS TO ME THE DEPTH OF HIS HATRED

A terrible interview--"The devil will come to claim you"--Uncertain
how much the King and Prince George know--I
break into the nursery and stay with my children all
day--Prince George insults me in my own rooms and
threatens prison if I disobey him 269

CHAPTER LIII

REVOLVER IN