Life of Jean Paul Frederic Richter . wholly with yourself, he loves a simple drive in the country with LIFE OF JEAN PAUL. 337 his wife and children, and tliere he is often a child, andsings and jokes like any youth. I have also been presented to the Duchess we were invited to dine, with no companyexcept Wieland. I sat between liim and the Duchess;he was very kind to me, and bade me make Richter trulyhappy. He is very old, and wears, even in the presenceof the Duchess, a little black velvet cap, as a being whostands on the boundary of life pays no regard to conven-ti
Life of Jean Paul Frederic Richter . wholly with yourself, he loves a simple drive in the country with LIFE OF JEAN PAUL. 337 his wife and children, and tliere he is often a child, andsings and jokes like any youth. I have also been presented to the Duchess we were invited to dine, with no companyexcept Wieland. I sat between liim and the Duchess;he was very kind to me, and bade me make Richter trulyhappy. He is very old, and wears, even in the presenceof the Duchess, a little black velvet cap, as a being whostands on the boundary of life pays no regard to conven-tional observances. The Princess is very simple in her apartment, and inall her surroundings. We have now made our rounds of visits, and I amrejoiced that our last day can be undisturbed. On the17th, we journey to Gotha and Eisenach. In Gotha mysplendid husband will visit his friend Schlichtgeroll; thiswill give me the acquaintance of his amiable wife. Iseek in every house some instruction for my own. Fare-well, dearest father. C. 15. CHAPTER VIII. Residence in Meiningen. — Letters. — Birth of EichtersFIRST Child. — Dogs Petition. S soon as our Ricliter and his bride A. D. 1802,JJt. 39. Ui%/l\>A)! had accomplished what, in modern *^V| I phrase, is called the bridal tour, they hastenedto the enjoyment of what had always beenhis ideal dream, — complete social independence, in im-mediate union with nature. His inclinations drew him toBayreutli to be near his friend Otto; but he felt almosta maiden dilHdence to expose the intoxication of his love,in the first year of his married life, to his old femalefriends. He wished also, until the Titan was completed,to be near the accessories of princely life, which the littlecourt of Meiningen, retired as it was, could furnish. They established themselves in Meiningen, therefore,and here Jean Paul began that domestic still life, thatremained uniiiterruj)t(Hl till the day of his death. A letter from Caroline to Otto, a few days after
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