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30 BIOGRAPHY.
officers, and amongst them the commander, General R——,
were quartered at the mansion, together with the band, and
one thousand men were quartered in the villages and farms
belonging to the estate.
We children thought this exceedingly delightful. Every
morning and evening the reveille and tattoo were sounded in
the spacious court-yard. My father renewed his acquaint-
ance with an early friend, Lieutenant-Colonel H . They
had studied together in Gottingen, and had not met since.
This company remained more than three weeks at Arsta.
Payment was made to cottagers and peasants for the com-
mon men. J remember well that there was also a question
of remunerating my father; but this he would not listen
to. I remember also General R being very: much
annoyed at not receiving orders to embark his men, and
that he went two or three times to Stockholm to inquire
how matters stood and push them on; but he always re-
turned vexed, apologizing to my parents for all the trouble
which he and his officers involuntarily gave them.
When all these guests were gone, Arsta relapsed again
into its usual quiet and silence. We children missed
especially the military band, and not hearing the reveille
and tattoo, and after that the solemn “chorum,” the sing-
ing of a psalm or evening hymn.
. Twice a week a messenger was sent to town with the
produce of the estate, and on his return we received letters
and newspapers. My father read these latter aloud after
supper. ‘They were full of news from the theatre of war.
Most of the European nations rose to grapple with the
hitherto invincible Napoleon, who was now retreating after
his defeat and enormous losses in Russia. Under the
command of the Crown-Prince of Sweden, Bernadotte, in
whom the nations saw oue of their liberators, a part of the
Swedish army had crossed over to Germany.
Then new ideas and feelings were awakened in Fre-
drika. She wept bitterly for not having been born a man,
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