With her he went first to Warsaw, and then to Berlin, where he supported himself and his children by giving lessons in the languages.
One daughter was a prominent member of the Berlin ballet, the other was prepared by a most careful education to be a governess.

She gave various lessons to my sisters, and criticised our proceedings sharply, as she did those of her fellow-creatures in general.

"I can't help it--I Must say what I think," was the palliating remark which followed every severe censure; and I owe to her the conviction that it is much easier to express disapproval, when it can be done with impunity, than to keep it to one's self, as I am also indebted to her for the subject of my fairy tale, The Elixir.
I shall return to Fraulein Lamperi, for her connection with our family did not cease until her death, and she lived to be ninety.

Her aristocratic connections in Florence--be it said to their honour--never repudiated her, but visited her when they came to Berlin, and the equipage of the Italian ambassador followed at her funeral, for he, too, belonged to her father's kindred.

The extreme kindness extended to her by Emperor William I and his sovereign spouse solaced her old age in various ways.
One of the dearest friends of my sister Paula and of our family knew more of me, unfortunately, at this time than I of her.