Marriage of Princess Augusta to the Prince of Brunswick-- His reception at Harwich--Wedding performed with maimed rites--The Prince at the opera--A scene--Old mode of travelling of the bride and bridegroom--Issue of this marriage--Dashing replies of Princess Caroline-- Her mother the Duchess a weak and coarse-minded woman-- Education of German princesses--Infamous conduct of the Duke of York--Lord Malmesbury sent to demand Princess Caroline in marriage for the Prince of Wales--His account of the Princess--Eloquence of the Duchess on the virtues of the Princess--The Duke’s mistress, and picture of the Court of Brunswick--The Duchess’s stories of bygone times--The marriage by proxy--Celebration of the wedding-day--The marriage treaty--Eccentricity of the Duke--Education of the Princess neglected--The courtesan champion of morality --The Duke’s fears for the Princess--Lady Jersey and the Queen--Lord Malmesbury’s advice to the Princess--Madame de Hertzfeldt’s portrait of the Princess--The Princess’s exuberant spirits at a court masquerade--More admonitions by Lord Malmesbury--Madame de Waggenheim’s taunt, and Lord Malmesbury’s thrust _en carte_ 183 CHAPTER II. THE NEW HOME. The Princess desires to have Lord Malmesbury as her lord chamberlain--The Duchess a coarse-minded woman--The Duke of Clarence her bitter enemy--The Duke and Duchess’s caution to Lord Malmesbury, and his dignified reply--The Abbess of Gandersheim’s opinion of mankind--Difficult question proposed by the Princess, and Lord Malmesbury’s gallant reply--The Abbess without human sympathy--A state dinner, and a mischievous anonymous letter--The Princess’s departure for England--Her indifference to money --Instances--Ignorance of the Duchess--Difficulties of the journey--The Princess’s design to reform the Prince of Wales--Indefatigable care of Lord Malmesbury--Story of the Princess at Hanover--Care as to her toilette recommended--Presents given by the Princess--Her arrival in England--Ridiculed by Lady Jersey--Reproof administered to her ladyship by Lord Malmesbury--The first interview of the Prince and Princess--Cold reception of the bride--Flippant conduct of the Princess--Lord Malmesbury reproached by the Prince of Wales 209 CHAPTER III. THE FIRST YEAR OF MARRIED LIFE.