During Her Stay At
Schonbrunn, Her Chatouille, With Several Things Of Value In It,
Bijouterie, Etc., Was Stolen From Her.
She caused enquiries to be made,
and researches to be set on foot.
Nobody has been able to find out who took
it; but it was put back in the precise place from whence it was taken, and
not a single article of the bijouterie or things of value was missing. It
is supposed this theft was made for political purposes, in order to
discover the nature of her epistolary correspondence, if any existed. Had
it been taken by a vulgar thief, it is not probable that the articles of
value would have been restored. Such is the unhappy condition of that
Princess to be always an object of suspicion and espionnage.
Journey to Prague.
I left Vienna on the 28th August in a Landkutsche and arrived at Prague
on the first of September.
These Landkutsche are on the same plan and footing with the vetture in
Italy, and travel in the same manner, with this difference, however; that
the Landkutscher do not usually, as the vetturini do, undertake to
provide for the supper and bed of their passengers. In a word, you are not
spesato; and in Germany there is not the least necessity for it, for
there is no such thing as extortion on the part of the German innkeepers,
who are by far the most respectable of that profession. Besides, in most
places, everything is tariffed, and where it is not, the landlord never
makes an unreasonable demand, or attempts to make foreigners pay more than
natives; whereas in Italy if you are not spesato there are no bounds to
the rapacity of the innkeepers, witness mine host of Terracina.
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