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688 THREE EXTRAORDINARY FACTS. [Doc. 276.
was asked about this transaction, which had been printed in
a German paper, she did not answer. This circumstance was
narrated in the French translation of ’ Heaven and Hell.’"*
J. F. von Meyer,† in commenting on the explanations fur
nished by the " Berlinische Monatsschrift" which were reprinted
in 1809 by the "Allgemeine Anzeiger der Deutschen," adverts in
a short reply inserted in no. 60 of the "Anzeiger" to the caution
exercised by the Queen in the communication of the details
of this occurrence, and says, " Is it at all likely that the Queen
under these circumstances would have opened her heart freely
to the explainer, no. 2, to whom she refused to give a correct
statement? That gentleman would no doubt answer, Yes; for
a considerable amount of self-denial is required for any one
to acknowledge that he has been the dupe of such a person.
Every one flatters himself to be in her confidence. And she
herself in order to defend herself against such inopportune
questioners, at last declares that she knows nothing about it."
This, says Mr. von Meyer, seems to have been her object in
the account she gave to that gentleman ; wherefore he declares
further that "the key furnished by him amounts to no ex
planation at all in his own eyes."
In analyzing the account given by Chevalier Beylon, as re
ported by explainer, no. 1, Mr. von Meyer says, "According
to that account Chevalier Beylon never maintained that he
really knew the natural connection of this affair; that he had
heard or learned it from the Senators T. and H., or from
some other person ; he simply guessed it, and the result of his
guessing he was not willing to make public. Shakespeare says
somewhere, I believe indeed that you will not betray what
you do not know.’ Granted that the old Chevalier Beylon
had in reality taken a walk at three o’clock in the morning
* Cfr. Document 6, no. 26, Vol. I, p. 65.
Johan Friedrich von Meyer, says Dr. Immanuel Tafel ("Sammlung
von Urkunden, &c. , Part I, p. 138) was syndic and burgomaster in Frank
fort on the Maine, and by no means a follower of Swedenborg, but on the
contrary one of his opponents. His review of the account furnished by the
"Berlinische Monatsschrift," which appeared at first in the "Anzeiger," &c.,
was inserted by him afterwards in his work entitled " Hades," published
the following year in Frankfort.
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