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Wolf Ernst Hugo Emil Graf von Baudissin. Life in a German Crack Regiment
Life in a German Crack Regiment
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. By Command of the Emperor
CHAPTER II. Introduced to the Regiment
CHAPTER III. Among the Aristocracy
CHAPTER IV. A Game of Cards
CHAPTER V. Hildegarde and George
CHAPTER VI. Military Morals
CHAPTER VII. An Aristocratic Household
CHAPTER VIII. The Wages of Sin
CHAPTER IX. The Humiliation of the "Golden Butterflies"
CHAPTER X. An Offer of Marriage
CHAPTER XI. Farewell to the Army!
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Wolf Ernst Hugo Emil Graf von Baudissin
Published by Good Press, 2021
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After a slight pause the officer of the "Golden Butterflies" said: "Do you know I have been thinking a good deal lately about that 'Caste' feeling and aristocratic prejudice. Whenever the Guards give a dinner the glasses are raised to symbolise that the spirit which inspires the officers must remain ever the same. Now I think this means that not only must we ever cherish love and fidelity for the ruling house, but also that we must ever remain 'first-class men,' with the same ideas as we hold now. As bearers of noble names, and belonging to the most important regiment, we must ever be conscious of our exclusive position, and so stand firmly together, and we must maintain strictly the barrier that divides us from the middle class. Let us drink once more to this hope; that the Guards may ever remain what we now are—bearers of the oldest names, 'first-class' men!"
The conversation of his neighbour had been far too long for the Uhlan, who had scarcely listened to what he was saying; nevertheless he re-echoed his words, "Let us drink." But just as he was about to raise his glass a universal shout arose; the colonel had risen and given the first cheer for the head of the army, and the second to the representative of His Majesty, who was there present.
