The Court at Celle--Mr. Wraxall--Presentation to the Queen--Hamburg--The Danish Nobility--The Proposition--The Credentials--Return to Celle--Baron von Seckendorf--The Queen's Acceptance--Another Visit to Celle--The Interview in the Jardin François--Caroline Matilda's Agreement--The Inn in the Wood--Baron von Bülow--A Strange Adventure--Arrival in England 167 CHAPTER VII. 'TWIXT THE CUP AND THE LIP. Baron von Lichtenstein--The King's Instructions--The Arrival from Hamburg--The Four Articles--A Terrible Journey--Arrival at Celle--Interview with the Queen--Baron von Seckendorf--The Answer from Copenhagen--The Appeal to George III.--The Counter-Revolution--Another Visit to Celle--The Last Interview--The Queen's Gratitude--Return to London--Waiting for the Answer--A Sudden Blow 202 CHAPTER VIII. DEATH OF CAROLINE MATILDA. PAGE The Typhus Fever--Death of the Page--The Queen's Visit--Symptoms of Illness--Dr. Zimmermann--Pastor Lehzen--Caroline Matilda's Goodness of Heart--Her Death--The Funeral--General Grief--The Monuments--Letter to George III.--Proofs of Caroline Matilda's Innocence--The Queen's Character 242 CHAPTER IX. WHEN ROGUES FALL OUT----. The Reaction--The King's Will--Köller-Banner--Rantzau's Dismissal--Prince Charles of Hesse--Court Intrigues--Eickstedt's Career--Beringskjold's Career and Death--Von der Osten--The Guldberg Ministry--The Prince Regent--The Coup d'État--Uncle and Nephew--Fate of Guldberg--Death of Juliana Maria 259 APPENDIX A. 291 APPENDIX B. 307 APPENDIX C. 313 LIFE AND TIMES OF CAROLINE MATILDA. CHAPTER I. THE TRIAL OF COUNT BRANDT. THE INDICTMENT--BRANDT AT COURT--THE ASSAULT ON THE KING--THE KING'S DEPOSITION--THE QUEEN AND STRUENSEE--DUTY OF A GOOD CITIZEN--THE CONFIDANT--THE ALLEGED FORGERY--THE SENTENCE PROPOSED--THE DEFENCE--THE KING AT HOME--DUTIES OF THE FAVOURITE--A MAN OF COURAGE--THE ROYAL GIFT--BRANDT'S LETTER TO HIS JUDGES--A MODEST REQUEST--HURRIED PROCEEDINGS. On the same day that the Fiscal General Wiwet handed in his indictment of Struensee, he delivered to the commission his charges against Count Brandt, which were to the following effect:-- THE INDICTMENT OF COUNT BRANDT. As concerns the second principal prisoner, Count Enevold Brandt, we cannot say of him that he undertook something which he did not understand, but he has committed actions in which he ought not to have allowed himself to be used.