The military selection board first employed him. I can still see him in a handsome uniform, the trousers with narrow bottoms, the tunic very short and a small cap tilted to one side. With this he wore a long sabre. He would have done well with the military administration but preferred to take up a local government post. There he was at first a cashier in the department for grants; showed himself to be useful and had every prospect of promotion, when he took the post of secretary to the court of Queen Amalie of Greece, who resided in Bamberg. |
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After the death of the Queen he went into service with the Royal Court in Munich. Even this post was not to his liking, so finally he accepted a job with the Court of Justice of Bamberg as secretary. With all the coming and going, his household was frequently in a terrible mess. The grandmother was often called upon to render material aid to her favourite daughter, which she did with no thought for herself. |
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