Her intention being, as she had candidly informed Dumas, to "hook a prince," she studied the _Almanach de Gotha_, and familiarised herself with the positions and revenues of the various "notables" accorded niches therein. Germany was obviously the best field to exploit, for that country just then was full of princes. As a matter of fact there were no less than thirty-six of them waiting to be "hooked." The first place to which she went on this errand was Baden, where, according to Ferdinand Bac, she "bewitched the future Emperor William I. The Prince, however, being warned of her syren spell, presently smiled and passed on." Better luck befell the wanderer at her next attempt to establish intimate contact with a member of the _hoch geboren_, Henry LXXII. His principality, Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf (afterwards amalgamated with Thuringia), had the longest name, but the smallest area, of any in the kingdom, for it was only about the size of a pocket-handkerchief. But to Lola this was of no great consequence. What, however, was of consequence was that he was a millionaire (in thalers) and possessed an inflammable heart. A great stickler for etiquette, he once published the following notice in his _Court Gazette_: "For twenty years it has been my express injunction that every official shall always be alluded to by his correct title. This injunction, however, has not always been obeyed. In future, therefore, I shall impose a fine of one thaler on any member of my staff who neglects to refer to another by his proper title or description." But that the Prince could unbend on occasion is revealed by another notification to his subjects: "His Most Serene Highness and All-Highest Self has graciously condescended to approve the conduct of those six members of the Reuss militia who recently assisted to put out a fire. With his own All-Highest hand he is (on production of a satisfactory birth certificate) even prepared to shake that of the oldest among them." Risking a prosecution for _lese-majeste_, a local laureate described the incident in stirring verse. An extract from this effort, translated by Professor J. G. Legge, in his _Rhyme and Revolution in Germany_, is as follows: HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE Quite recently in Reuss Militia at a fire (I'm sure it will rejoice you) Great credit did acquire. When this, through a memorial, Their gracious Prince by Right Had learned; those territorials He to him did invite. And when the good men shyly Stood up before him, each His Gracious Highness highly Praised in a Gracious speech. A solemn affidavit (With parents' names and date) Each then produced and gave it --His birth certificate. His Highness then demanded The eldest of the band, And clasped that horny-handed With his All-Highest hand.