CHAPTER III 
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ANSBACH. 
As soon as matters were arranged, Lord Stanhope and Kaspar 
Hauser left Nuremberg for Ansbach, and almost immediately on 
their arrival Kaspar was placed under the care of Preceptor 
Meyer for instruction, and was received as a member of the 
family, Lord Stanhope having taken lodgings for himself in the 
“est hotel of the town (“ Gasthaus zum Stern ”). 
Tor a short time Kaspar’s position and prospects seemed all 
that could be desired. He considered himself, and was regarded 
by others, as the adopted son of a wealthy and distinguished 
nobleman of high rank; his new protector treated him with 
affection ; his teacher was kind, and he was welcomed in the best 
social circles of Ansbach with the same interest and curiosity 
which had been so flattering to his vanity in Nuremberg. 
Similar precautions for his personal safety were also continued in 
his new home. 
President von Feuerbach promised to keep watch over his 
moral and physical welfare during the contemplated absence of 
his adopted father. Lieutenant Hickel of the Royal Police (the 
same who accompanied Herr von Tucher and Kaspar Hauser 
upon their Hungarian tour) was appointed as a special guard, 
and an invalid soldier was engaged to accompany the young man 
whenever he wished to take his walks abroad. But notwithstand- 
ing all went on so smoothly at Ansbach, the watchful people out- 
side were still anxious and uneasy ; letters and articles were 
continually appearing to disturb sincere minds as to the prudence 
of the recent change ; doubts of Lord Stanhope’s motives, as well 
as of his pecuniary ability, multiplied ; and a Dresden paper 
published a formal protest against the giving up of the ¢ Child of 
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