第3章

KING。""Whosowedthem？"

FORESTER。""TheOberamtmann[Fromme]here。"

THEKING（TOME）。""Na！TellmyGeheimerRathMichaelisthatthesandpatchesmustbesown。"[TOTHEFORESTER]"Butdoyouknowhowfircones（KIENAPFEL）shouldbesown？"

FORESTER。""Oja，yourMajesty。"

KING。""Na！[afrequentinterjectionofFriedrich"sandhisFather"s]，howaretheysown，then？Fromeasttowest，orfromnorthtosouth？"["VANMORGENGEGENABEND，ODERVANABENDGEGEN

MORGEN？"soinORIG。（p。22）；but，surely，exceptasabove，ithasnosense？Fromnorthtosouth，thereisbutonefirseedsownagainstthewind；fromeasttowest，thereisawholerow。]

FORESTER。""Fromeasttowest。"

KING。""Thatisright。Butwhy？"

FORESTER。""Becausethemostwindcomesfromthewest。"

KING。""That"sright。"

"NowhisMajestyarrivedatFehrbellin；spoketherewithLieutenantProbstoftheZiethenHussarregiment，[ProbstistheleftmostfigureinthatChodowieckiEngravingofthefamousZiethenand

FriedrichCHAIRscene，fiveyearsafterthis。（Supra。374n。）]andwiththeFehrbellinPostmeister，CaptainvonMosch。Sosoonasthehorseswereto，wecontinuedourtravel；andashisMajestywasdrivingclosebymyBigDitches，"GRABEN，trenches，maindrains，"whichhavebeenmadeintheFehrbellinLUCHattheKing"sexpense，Irodeuptothecarriage，andsaid:

ICH。""YourMajesty，thesenowarethetwonewDrains，whichbyyourMajesty"sfavorwehavegothere；andwhichkeeptheLuchdryforus。"

KING。""So，so；thatIamgladof！WhoisHe（areyou）？"

FROMME。""YourMajesty，IamtheBeamtehereofFehrbellin。"

KING。""What"syourname？"

ICH。""Fromme。"

KING。""Ha，ha！youareasonoftheLandrathFromme"s。"

ICH。""YourMajesty"spardon。MyfatherwasAmtsrathintheAMTLuhnin。"

KING。""Amtsrath？Amtsrath？Thatisn"ttrue！YourfatherwasLandrath。Iknewhimverywell。Buttellmenow（SAGTMIREINMAL）

hasthedrainingoftheLuchbeenofmuchusetoyouhere？"

ICH。""Oja，yourMajesty。"

KING。""Doyoukeepmorecattlethanyourpredecessor？"

ICH。""Yes，yourMajesty。OnthisfarmIkeep40more；onallthefarmstogether70more。"

KING。""Thatisright。Themurrain（VIEHSEUCHE）isnothereinthisquarter？"

ICH。""No，yourMajesty。"

KING。""Haveyouhadithere？"

ICH。""Ja。"

KING。""Dobutdiligentlyuserocksalt，youwon"thavethemurrainagain。"

ICH。""Yes，yourMajesty，Idouseittoo；butkitchensalthasverynearlythesameeffect。"

KING。""No，don"tfancythat！Youmustn"tpoundtherocksaltsmall，butgiveittothecattlesothattheycanlickit。"

ICH。""Yes，itshallbedone。"

KING。""Aretherestillimprovementsneededhere？"

ICH。""Oja，yourMajesty。HereliestheKemmensee[Kemmenlake]:

ifthatweredrainedout，yourMajestywouldgainsome1，800acres[MORGEN，threefifthsEnglishacre]ofpastureland，wherecolonistscouldbesettled；andthenthewholecountrywouldhavenavigationtoo，whichwouldhelpthevillageofFehrbellinandthetownofRuppintoanuncommondegree。"

KING。""Isupposeso！Beagreathelptoyou，won"tit；andmanywillberuinedbythejob，especiallytheproprietorsofthegroundNICHTWAHR？"[Ha？]

ICH。""YourMajesty"sgraciouspardon[EW。MAJESTATHALTENZU

GNADEN，holdmetograce]:thegroundbelongstotheRoyalForest，andtheregrowsnothingbutbirchesonit。"

KING。""Oh，ifbirchwoodisallitproduces，thenwemaysee！

Butyoumustnotmakeyourreckoningwithoutyourhosteither，thatthecostmaynotoutruntheuse。"

ICH。""Thecostwillcertainlynotoutruntheuse。For，first，yourMajestymaysecurelyreckonthateighteenhundredacreswillbewonfromthewater；thatwillbesixandthirtycolonists，allowingeach50acres。Andnowiftherewereasmalllighttollputupontherafttimberandtheshipsthatwillfrequentthenewcanal，therewouldbeampleinterestfortheoutlay。"

KING。""Na，tellmyGeheimerRathMichaelisofit。Themanunderstandsthatkindofmatters；andIwilladviseyoutoapplytothemanineveryparticularofsuchthings，andwhereveryouknowthatcolonistscanbesettled。Idon"twantwholecoloniesatonce；

butwherevertherearetwoorthreefamiliesofthem，Isayapplytothatmanaboutit。"

ICH。""Itshallhedone，yourMajesty。"

KING。""Can"tIseeWusterau，"whereoldAjaxZiethenlives，"fromhere？"

ICH。""Yes，yourMajesty；theretotheright，thatisit。"

ItBELONGStoGeneralvonZiethen；andterribleBUILDINGhehashadhere，almostallhislife！

KING。""IstheGeneralathome？"

ICH。""Ja。"

KING。""Howdoyouknow？"

ICH。""YourMajesty，theRittmeistervonLestockliesinmyvillageonGRAZINGservice；andlastnighttheHerrGeneralsentaletterovertohimbyagroom。InthatwayIknowit。"

KING。""DidGeneralvonZiethengain，amongothers，bythedrainingoftheLuch？"

ICH。""Oja；theFarmsteadtheretotherighthebuiltinconsequence，andhasmadeadairythere，whichhecouldnothavedone，hadnottheLuchbeendrained。"

KING。""ThatIamgladof！WhatistheBeamte"snameinAlt

Ruppin？"[OldRuppin，Isuppose，orpartofitsendless"RUPPINorRHYNMERE，"catchestheKing"seye。]

ICH。""Honig。"

KING。""Howlonghashebeenthere？"

ICH。""SinceTrinityterm。"

KING。""SinceTrinityterm！Whatwashebefore？"

ICH。""Kanonious"[acanon]。

KING。""Kanonicus？Kanonicus？HowtheDevilcomesaKanonicustobeaBeamte？"

ICH。""YourMajesty，heisayoungmanwhohasmoney，andwantedtohavethehonorofbeingaBeamteofyourMajesty。"

KING。""Whydidn"ttheoldonestay？"

ICH。""Isdead。"

KING。""Well，thewidowmighthavekepthisAMT，then！"

ICH。""Isfallenintopoverty。"

KING。""Bywomanhusbandry！"

ICH。""YourMajesty"spardon！Shecultivatedwell，butaheapofmischancesbroughtherdown:thosemayhappentothebesthusbandman。Imyself，twoyearsago，lostsomanycattlebythemurrain，andgotnoremission:sincethat，Inevercangetonagaineither。"

KING。""Myson，todayIhavesomedisorderinmyleftear，andcannothearrightlyonthatsideofmyhead"（！）。

ICH。""ItisapitythatGeheimerRathMichaelishasgottheverysamedisorder！"Inowretiredalittlebackfromthecarriage；

IfanciedhisMajestymighttakethisanswerill。

KING。""Na，Amtmann，forward！Staybythecarriage；butTAKECARE

OFYOURSELF，THATYOUDON"TGETHURT。SPEAKLOUD，IUNDERSTANDVERY

WELL。"ThesewordsmarkedinItalics[capitals]hisMajestyrepeatedatleasttentimesinthecourseofthejourney。"Tellmenow，whatisthatvillageoverontherightyonder？"

ICH。""Langen。"

KING。""Towhomdoesitbelong？"

ICH。""AthirdpartofittoyourMajesty，undertheAMTofAlt

Ruppin；athirdtoHerrvonHagen；andthentheHighChurch（DOHM）

ofBerlinhasalsotenantsinit。"