. Un vagabond courtier ; des mémoires et lettres du Baron Charles Louis von Pöllnitz. entre eux jusqu'à la mort. Il neitherdo avec Frédéric, ni sans, Pollnitz. Quant à l'organisation des funérailles, Frédéric trouvé himselfin une difficulté. Il n'a pas l'intention d'ignorer son fatherswishes à leur sujet ; mais, s'il les a menées avec une extrême simplicité qui l'ancien roi avait ordonné, les gens, se rappelant la tension il y avait eu, aurait fait betweenthem sténoses. La première chambre-lain, la grande autorité à la Cour, de sa vaste expé-ence dans d'autres capitales de toutes les cérémonies, a suggéré d'acom

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. A vagabond courtier; from the memoirs and letters of Baron Charles Louis von Pöllnitz. tween them till death. Frederic could neitherdo with, nor without, Pollnitz. As to the funeral arrangements, Frederic found himselfin a difficulty. He did not wish to ignore his fatherswishes about them ; but, if he carried them out withthe extreme simplicity which the old King had enjoined, people, remembering the tension there had been betweenthem, would have made strictures. The First Chamber-lain, the great authority at Court, from his wide experi-ence in other capitals of all ceremonial, suggested acompromise. 566 A VAGABOND COURTIER Quietly, without salvoes of muskets or cannon, thebody of Frederic William was borne by night by eightcaptains to his tomb in the Garrison Church. A few dayslater PoUuitz, assisted by Knobbelsdorf, tlie architect, in matters of decoration, and by Graun, the composerand choir-master—now placed for life in charge of theroyal band—carried out a lying-in-state and obsequies* with as much magnificence as the time I had had toprepare them would allow me.. p 3 ^ CHAPTER II As will be gathered from Frederics first words toPollnitz after the old Kings death, he was a changedman. A present je suis Roi! he said to one of his Remusberg friends. He broke old ties ; yet allthose he valued were placed or promoted. Pollnitzwas appointed First Chamberlain and Master of theCeremonies. But this was no time for play. Frederic had statebusiness on hand. However, the first two monthsafter his accession were a whirl of journeyings throughhis dominions; no coronation, but no less than three* oath-takings, notabilities and officials in Branden-burg, Prussia, and Westphalia all doing homage. Ofthese functions after his own heart Pollnitz wrotevoluminous and brilliant descriptions to his friends, with which they were pleased. Baron Bielefeld, nowEnvoy to the Hanoverian Court, wrote gratefully forthese echoes. So the King is back from Konigsberg. I thank youheartily for

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