However, he abandoned this design when they
pointed out to him at the Herald's office that the crest would be
rather overladen thereby, and at the same time would betray too
plainly the "newly-baked" aristocrat. Paul left nothing undone. He
provided himself with a motto. The incorrigible Mayboom recommended,
"The Moor has done his duty." Paul decided on "Meinem Konige treu"--
True to my king. Somebody at the Herald's office suggested putting
it "Minem Kunege treu," but he had not the courage.
But though his promotion had occupied him almost exclusively during
the last few months, necessitating frequent journeys to Berlin, he
did not cease to think of poor Wilhelm. For a whole year he, as well
as Malvine and Willy, wore deep mourning for the friend who had
sacrificed himself for them, and Paul erected a magnificent monument
over him in the St. Georg Cemetery in Hamburg, on which neither
marble nor gilt nor verses were spared. The monument is one of the
sights of the churchyard, and pointed out to visitors with great
pride by the sexton. Old Frau Brohl, too, kept green the memory of
the departed friend. Her speciality now was the manufacturing of
flags and banners since Paul had founded quite a number of Vereins
among the settlers on his estate--latterly a Military Verein, and
one for Conservative electors.
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