At table the talk ran upon Leutenberg's sudden promotion, whereupon the Minister hoffmann declared: "His Majesty only gives reward when it is due.
"The Secrets of Potsdam"
William Le Queux
The party included Laroque, the elegant First Secretary of the French Embassy, and his Parisian wife, together with Baron hoffmann, the burly, round-faced Minister of the Interior, and Doctor Paulssen, Under-Secretary at the Colonial Office, against whom you will remember there were allegations of atrocities committed upon the natives in German East Africa.
"The Secrets of Potsdam"
William Le Queux
They were also introduced to a number of pious individuals, and among them to Pastor hoffmann of Kornthal, whose excellent institution they were unable at this time to visit.
"Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel"
John Yeardley
