Note 1 — Chapter XXXVIII · Preparations to Imprison the King—The Peasantry Assemble to his Rescue
Ethel Harriet Hearn translation
On the night of the 9th of June a string of royal carriages drew up before the old castle of Hohenschwangau. Count Holnstein, who sat in the foremost of them, proceeded at once to the royal stables to inform the personnel that it was to be dispersed. The coachman, Osterholzer, was in the act of harnessing the horses to Ludwig’s carriage, for the King, according to his custom, wished to drive out in the course of the night. The Count ordered that the horses should be taken out at once, as another carriage was in readiness, with another coachman to drive it. Osterholzer pleaded his master’s orders. “The King has nothing more to order,” answered Holnstein. “It is his Royal Highness, Prince Luitpold, who now reigns.”1