COURTS

Another quarrel with my husband--Personal attendant to a
corpse--Killing by pin pricks--The mythical three "_How
art thou's?_"--Unwanted sympathy from my inferiors--Pride
of the decapitated Queen of France is in me--Lovers
not impossible--Court to blame for them--My
husband acts cowardly--Brutalizes my household--I
lock myself in 63

CHAPTER XIV

IMPERIAL RUSSIAN ETHICS TRANSFERRED TO DRESDEN

My husband's reported escapade--Did he give diamonds to a
dancing girl?--His foolish excuses--"I am your pal"--A
restaurant scene in St. Petersburg--The birthday
suit 71

CHAPTER XV

ROYALTY NOT PRETTY, AND WHY

Fecundity royal women's greatest charm--How to have
beautiful children 77

CHAPTER XVI

MORE JEALOUSIES OF THE GREAT

Men and women caress me with their eyes--Some disrespectful
sayings and doings of mine--First decided quarrel
with Frederick Augustus--I go to the theatre in spite
of him 81

CHAPTER XVII

THE ROYAL PRINCE, WHO BEHAVES LIKE A DRUNKEN BRICKLAYER

I face the music, but my husband runs away--Prince George
can't look me in the eye--He roars and bellows--Advocates
wife-beating--I defy him--German classics--"Jew
literature" _Auto da fe_ ordered 85

CHAPTER XVIII

I DEFY THEM

Laughter and pleasant faces for me--Frederick Augustus refuses
to back me, but I don't care--We quarrel about
my reading--He professes to gross ignorance 91

CHAPTER XIX

ATTEMPTED VIOLENCE DEFEATED BY FIRMNESS

Frederick Augustus seeks to carry out his father's brutal
threats--Orders and threats before servants--I positively
refuse to be ordered about--Frederick Augustus
plays Mrs. Lot--Enjoying myself at the theatre 95

CHAPTER XX

TITLED SERVANTS LOW AND CUNNING

George tries to rob me of my confidante--Enter the King's
spy, Baroness Tisch in her true character--Punishment
of one royal spy 99

CHAPTER XXI

BANISHMENT

I am ordered to repair to a co