"You know very well that she was his wife."
"There is apparently no official record of the marriage."
"Maybe not in Dresden, as the nuptials were solemnized abroad. But what about the testament?"
Johann George grew very red in the face. "If there is one, the King must have confiscated it. That often happens in royal houses."
"And you mean to say that, with all your riches, you are heartless enough and contemptible enough——"
"Take a care, Your Imperial Highness. The Duke's strumpet was today indicted for lèse majesté in connection with the testament matter." This junior prince dared to speak thus to me, the Crown Princess.
"Johann George," I cried, "forget not that sooner or later I will be at the head of the royal family of Saxony. I forbid you to introduce your mess-room jargon into my parlor; at the same time I am sincerely sorry that a Prince of Saxony should stoop to buy cigarettes and gasoline with the pittance stolen from his cousin's widow and her three little children."
I went to the door and told the lackey on duty to fetch his Royal Highness's carriage.