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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