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‘■My Guardian Angel watches over m e , and soon will bear me thither to that [place of rest, where I may pray for my friends and even for my tormentors. ‘‘Farewell, my Royal Brother! May Heaven bless yon, my husband, my children, E ngland, Denmark, the world! Grant to my body rest among the tombs of our ancestors — and now the last unutterably long farew ell! “Your unfortunate “C. M.“ O f th e innocence of this u n h a p p y P rin c ess all in Celle, clergy and la ity , felt fully satisfied. She w as beloved by high and lo w , rich and p o o r — even th e Jew s of the place asked p erm ission to open th eir S ynagogue for the purp o se o f offering u p p ra y e rs for h e r d urin g h er illness — and the N obility of L iin eb u rg m em orialised G eorge III. for leave to erect a M onum ent to her M em ory in " T h e F re n c h G ard en ” in th a t to w n : this had been her fav o rite w alk. L eave w as granted an d the M onum ent raised , b earin g th is In scrip tio n : "C aro l. M ath ildi D an . et N orw eg. reg . n at. d. 22. Ju l. 1751, den. 10. M aj. 1775- 0 . (rdo) E. (questris) L . (uneburgensis) P . (oni) C. (u rav it).” T h e Chapel^, the sam e length and b read th as th e R id d ersal above it, b ears a v ery splendid and sum p tu o u s appearance. T h e P u lp it and A ltar a re o f ebony and silver, and o f exquisite w o rkm anship . T h e A ltar, p a rtic u la rly , is m ost superb. On one