to be much better by next week, in which case I will instantly join Y.R.H.
at Baden. Meanwhile I went several times to town to consult my physician.
My continued distress about my nephew, whose moral character has been
almost totally ruined, has been the main cause of my illness. At the
beginning of this week I was obliged to resume my guardianship, the other
guardian having resigned, and much has taken place for which he has asked
my forgiveness. The solicitor has also given up his office, because, having
interested himself in the good cause, he has been loudly accused of
partiality. Thus these endless perplexities go on, and no help, no
consolation! The whole fabric that I had reared now blown away as if by the
wind! A pupil of Pestalozzi, at present an inmate of the Institute where I
have placed my nephew, seems to think that it will be a difficult matter
for him and for my poor Carl to attain any desirable goal. But he is also
of opinion that the most advisable step is the removal of my nephew to a
foreign country! I hope that the health of Y.R.H., always so interesting to
me, leaves nothing to be desired, and I look forward with pleasure to soon
being with Y.R.H., that I may be enabled to prove my anxiety to serve you.

[K.]


267.

TO THE ARCHDUKE RUDOLPH.

1819.

May I beg the favor of Y.R.H. to inform H.R.H. Archduke Ludwig of the
following circumstances. Y.R.H. no doubt remembers my mentioning the
necessary removal of my nephew from here, on account of his mother. My